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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This is part of the reason that the governments pay farmers to grow various crops etc.

we need food it needs to be as cheap as possible

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They also pay farmers not to grow crops if they're afraid a surplus will negatively affect the market.

Major Major's father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. He was a long-limbed farmer, a God-fearing, freedom-loving, law-abiding rugged individualist who held that federal aid to anyone but farmers was creeping socialism. He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down. His specialty was alfalfa, and he made a good thing out of not growing any. The government paid him well for every bushel of alfalfa he did not grow. The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn't earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Major Major's father worked without rest at not growing alfalfa. On long winter evenings he remained indoors and did not mend harness, and he sprang out of bed at the crack of noon every day just to make certain that the chores would not be done. He invested in land wisely and soon was not growing more alfalfa than any other man in the county. Neighbors sought him out for advice on all subjects, for he had made much money and was therefore wise. “As ye sow, so shall ye reap,” he counseled one and all, and everyone said, “Amen.

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[–] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From my experience my government likes to play with how this money is distributed and gets a good media coverage without media mentioning problems with how things are done.

[–] Skasi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

we need food it needs to be as cheap as possible

I agree that we need food. Why do you say it needs to be as cheap as possible? The cheaper it is the less value people will give it and the more food will go to waste.

[–] m532@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It needs to be cheap so poor people don't die of starvation.

I don't understand how some people don't get this. I think they don't see the poor as humans.

[–] Skasi@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is not the food price. The problem is the unfair distribution of wealth. The solution is to ensure every person can afford a decent standard of living.

Making food cheaper just shifts the problem: More food imported (=>traffic, noise, co2), less incentive to produce food (=>scarcity), worse conditions for workers and livestock (=>unequality, animal abuse), higher reliance on preservatives, pest control and drugged livestock (=>potential negative side effects), more food waste (=>inefficiency).

[–] m532@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Skasi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Do you also have a reply that describes your reasoning and addesses any of the counterarguments made?