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Does a strong argument exists for this? To my understanding agriculture was turned into big business in the beginning of 20th century because of political proce
by fsloth 6y ago
Does a strong argument exists for this? To my understanding agriculture was turned into big business in the beginning of 20th century because of political process, not because it was obviously a more efficient way to produce food at the time.
- mellavora 6y agoIf it does, we should also ask if that strong argument continues to hold on a 50-year plus time-line.
- eeZah7Ux 6y ago> Does a strong argument exists for this? No. At that level of concentration the opposite is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly On top of that, massive multinational companies can have extremely influential lobbying groups and can demand subsidies from governments.