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If there is anything that drives antitrust action, I imagine it would be food supply.
by packetlost 4y ago
If there is anything that drives antitrust action, I imagine it would be food supply.
- killjoywashere 4y agoHistorically, food supply doesn't drive anti-trust. It drives revolutions in the street.
- hef19898 4y agoThe Arab Spring started over them as well
- baremetal 4y agoIn 1906, Alfred Henry Lewis stated, “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”
- Arrath 4y agoShould deliveries stop, the stocks inside modern superstores might hold out a bit longer than 9 meals, but not much longer.
- packetlost 4y agoRight, but a government worried about that might be inclined to be less friendly to monopolies.
- killjoywashere 4y agoThe rather deliberative legislative process may not have enough time to react
- hkt 4y agoI suspect the government will use it to drive down standards and unilaterally accept US imports tariff-free, rather than taking on domestic suppliers.