| ▲ | Sabinus a day ago |
| Good luck. In the less cohesive Western countries efforts like this are met with both protest by farmers who view their providing calories as almost a sacred task, and by foreign agitprop that proposes any effort that makes it harder to farm is an attempt at subjugating the people. |
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| ▲ | WorkerBee28474 a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| > that proposes any effort that makes it harder to farm is an attempt at subjugating the people Well, it is. More expensive food means a worse quality of life for normal people. It also means more time spent working to pay for groceries, and less time and money to do things that threaten the elites like accumulating capital or performing activism. |
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| ▲ | freetanga a day ago | parent [-] | | The problem is not production cost, but distribution. A litre of milk is paid at 20c to the producer (never has been cheaper) yet it’s 2€ at the store. The producer makes a few cents on it. The FoodCo is the one driving price up. Them and consumer behavior. | | |
| ▲ | Gigachad a day ago | parent [-] | | There’s quite a lot of expensive stuff happening in between filling a tank of milk at the farm, and a consumer purchasing a single bottle at a store near them. | | |
| ▲ | blitzar 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Multiple private jets for the CEO being one of them. | |
| ▲ | freetanga a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] | | |
| ▲ | CaptainFever a day ago | parent [-] | | This is just conjecture without proof, followed by a lazy shot at capitalism. https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/ugh-capitalism At the very least, provide some citation that a 20 cent increase in production price would cause a 2 euro increase in consumer price, as you claimed. | | |
| ▲ | torlok 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | It's an obvious hyperbole, don't get your khakis in a bunch. You have to have spent the pandemic under a rock if you didn't notice corporations significantly boosting their margins under the excuse of rising costs, especially in the food industry. | | |
| ▲ | CaptainFever 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | This doesn't seem to be a global phenomenon. I've not noticed such things in my country. |
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| ▲ | cpursley a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Feeding people is a sacred task. Food is literally the base pillar of various human needs pyramids. |
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| ▲ | 123yawaworht456 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| shitlibs' contempt for farmers of all people is a real mask off moment |
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| ▲ | Sabinus 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | Farmers can get extremely attached to one piece of land and one farming method and any attempts to shift the incentives in the system and make some types of farming or locations move on is portrayed as a systemic attack on farming and the end of the world. Everyone appreciates the farmers, some farmers just don't seem to appreciate the harms certain types of farming put on everyone else and the ecosystem, and they'll hide behind how essential calories are to protect their interests. You're aware the farming lobby is one of the strongest in many countries right? They're not under-served politically. Farming is one of the most subsidized industries. |
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| ▲ | KSteffensen a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Believe me the farmers have been doing their best to buck this. |
