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The difference is that OPEC countries colluding to raise prices hurt other countries, not their own people (they generally subsidise petrol for their own citize
by logicchains 2y ago
The difference is that OPEC countries colluding to raise prices hurt other countries, not their own people (they generally subsidise petrol for their own citizens), whereas Japan's policy of artificially raising the price of Japanese rice hurts Japanese consumers, and Japanese consumers vastly outnumber Japanese farmers.
- alephnerd 2y ago> Japanese consumers vastly outnumber Japanese farmers Japan is also a parliamentary system, and a significant portion of Single Member Seats in the House of Representatives are small towns or rural [0] Pissed off farmers caused the LDP to lose power in the 2009 election [1], which is historic in a country that is a de facto one-party state. The LDP in 2024 is looking similarly weak like the LDP in 2009 so they cannot afford to anger the farming bloc. [0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_of_the_Hou... [1] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Japanese_general_election https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Japanese_general_electi...