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You wrote: They also have no appetite to understand market consolidation being a root cause contributing factor of supply shortages or pricing power (depending
by sympil 2y ago
You wrote:
They also have no appetite to understand market consolidation being a root cause contributing factor of supply shortages or pricing power (depending on your view on the topic).
The person you responded to talked about oligopolies and their pricing power. If you don’t think that is the problem then why respond with the above? Argue that oligopolies are not the problem. Don’t shift the discussion later on like you did.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoI responded with what I did because complex problems do not have simple solutions. It is not "oligopolies are the problem" or "oligopolies are not the problem"; it is "the problem is multifaceted, here are potential actions that can be taken to solve for the complex problem, the likelihood of success, second order effects, etc." Also, if voters do not understand the problem, and keep voting for people who lie to them about the cause of the problems and the solutions, success is impossible (because federal policy is mandatory to solve for this, and federal policy is a function of election outcomes). Discussing this nuance is not "shifting the discussion," but broadening it to be accurate and thorough; to expect a simple yes or no answer is unreasonable, and to do so is to double down on both being factually incorrect and ignoring the complexity of the problem at hand. The system is failing (affordable food, food security), due to multiple components: ag consolidation and voters are two of those components, but not the only components that require improvements to encourage an improved system outcome. I hope this helps communicate my mental model and thought process on this problem space.