Subsidizing farmers to grow garbage that makes people unhealthy or provides a inefficient fuel that nobody wants is probably the clearest definition of cruft. T

Subsidizing farmers to grow garbage that makes people unhealthy or provides a inefficient fuel that nobody wants is probably the clearest definition of cruft. That what the subsidies do. They enable production of unprofitable crops like corn and soybeans. Then the farmers turn around and vote against the interests of the majority of the country. Its is a clear motivator of eventual collapse.