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So, to put it bluntly, people are sitting on ass and their food crops are rotting in the field? Even if you do nothing the market will probably fix it: Less fo
by 6510 7y ago
So, to put it bluntly, people are sitting on ass and their food crops are rotting in the field?
Even if you do nothing the market will probably fix it: Less food in the markets > high demand drives up prices > higher salaries > slightly lower prices
At some point some people are hungry enough to get a... shall we say... real job?
With some regulatory sanity we subsidize it a bit.
Perhaps we should test and quarantine the farm workers when money stops being an issue.
- jmalicki 7y agoSo in other words, after one famine where a large fraction of the population dies, the market will be better afterwards? Especially with anti-price-gouging laws - this process is explicit forbidden from happening during a crisis.
- 6510 7y agonah, the regulators will move in and save us from ourselves.
- s1artibartfast 7y agoRegulators might be able to legislate food into existence in counties with strategic reserves, but not all places are so lucky. If there isn't enough calories produced, people would die. Most in low GDP countries which are net food importers.
- heavenlyblue 7y agoWhat if there’s simply not enough food?
- 6510 7y agoYou harvest what you grow. If there is not enough food we haven't planted enough.