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There is a huge number of people who can barely afford to buy cheap food now, let alone expensive "artisanal" food.
by naavis 9y ago
There is a huge number of people who can barely afford to buy cheap food now, let alone expensive "artisanal" food.
- FussyZeus 9y agoThere's also a huge number of people (myself included) who can afford (and do afford) to buy expensive quality stuff. I don't hold it against science and bio-tech for bringing high yield and disease resistant crops to market; that shit will help us feed the whole planet economically. Doesn't mean I can't also enjoy organic, non-altered food in my own home. I get annoyed with this attitude so many people have about these things, that somehow we can either feed the whole planet economically or have ritzy well-to-do people buy organic kale. We can do both very easily.
- mygo 9y agoThere is a huge number of people who can barely afford to buy cheap laptops now, let alone expensive MacBooks. Doesn’t change the fact that Apple is the most profitable firm.
- d10r 9y agoIt's also a matter of priorities, I'm currently "poor" by the definition of the (western) country I live in, but can afford quality food by choosing to prioritize it.
- erikpukinskis 9y agoThe idea is that those people become producers of high margin goods too, and then they can afford to buy high margin goods themselves.