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I don't understand how your comment implies a lack of subsidy, it only states that the people harvesting the material can make money off of it. Which would be t

I don't understand how your comment implies a lack of subsidy, it only states that the people harvesting the material can make money off of it. Which would be true if it was subsidized, too.

kragen 3y ago
it's not such a politically popular activity as to attract subsidies; it is tolerated and pitied rather than lauded and promoted
- cthalupa 3y ago
  No one is saying they are subsidizing people scavenging. They're talking about farther up the chain.
  - kragen 3y ago
    i think rather that the activities further up the chain are profitmaking industries that are, on net, taxed rather than subsidized