| ▲ | WorkerBee28474 a day ago |
| > 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. |
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| ▲ | 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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