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Why should urban citizens subsidize a lifestyle choice for others? Because people that live in cities need to eat. Because we are a society. Because not eve
by Broken_Hippo 5y ago
Why should urban citizens subsidize a lifestyle choice for others?
Because people that live in cities need to eat.
Because we are a society.
Because not everyone that lives in the country (or a small enough town) chose to live here - people get born there and turn into adults there.
I shouldn't have to mention this, but farmers need infrastructure to keep making your food. Gas and groceries and utilities and grain silos and schools and doctors and a bunch more - oh, and people that operate all of this.
Those people that make all that stuff run need a lot of that stuff too.
- Gigachad 5y agoThis sounds like something the market can deal with. If it costs a lot for farmers to set up, they can charge more for products until they are profitable again.
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoIf the market can deal with it, why isn't it done now? Why do we have to have "fair trade" coffee, for example - shouldn't it all be that way?