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My thesis is that food price instability (say, a doubling of prices) in a short time would lead to massive social unrest, possibly revolution. China expends en
by MR4D 8y ago
My thesis is that food price instability (say, a doubling of prices) in a short time would lead to massive social unrest, possibly revolution.
China expends enormous resources to maintain its country (arguably, it's more efficient as 3 or 4 separate countries), and a jump in the cost of food would disrupt that delicate balance.
- sct202 8y agoThe reduction in pigs will drop demand and price for soy which is already commonly used for meat/protein substitutes (like the Impossible Burger v2 is a lot of soy, and raw TVP is pretty close to ground meat in texture). I don't think that people will be happy, but they aren't going to have to go hungry unless they're carnivores.
- NotSammyHagar 8y agoWouldn't the reduction in pigs increase demand for soy? I think that must have been what you meant.