Makes you wonder why we need money for food.
money is theft. the value of it is backed by violent theft
Because the current economic systems of the world don’t compensate food producers otherwise. Under capitalism, farmers still need money to buy things that aren’t food so they’re incentivised to sell their products for profit, like anything else.
Hell even the government makes you pay money for water, electricity, and other utilities, if ever there is something that should be free.
Why do we collectively agree to these playground rules?
Because the government has a monopoly on violence
Does it really? Why not us?
because the government will kill you
So we should kill the government in self defense.
They’re saying the government can kill you without consequences, you can kill them but you’ll face consequences
Makes you wonder why we need money
Because farmers need goods and services that they can’t get without money, and because if they’re not compensated for that food they’ll just… not farm it except the amount necessary to feed themselves and their families. This also applies to shippers and everyone else who’s part of the farm to consumer supply chain so you end up having to compensate all those people and the way the current system (and most other systems) do that is money.
Been saying this for years. Economies are just a reflection of societal will.
I am so fucking tired of the concept that “the stock market” = “the economy”. The ability of the wealthy to make money gambling has no bearing on whether I can afford to eat.
Scarcity is an artificial creation, used to force people in line and willing to accept lower wages.
Logistics is not an artificial creation however
Im so excited to pay $30 for a tomato when you move the source to be 5 miles outside the city limits.
Food scarcity is a logistics issue, production location is a result of labor availability. Would you accept $7 an hour to be a farmer in Seattle?
They don’t make food to feed people - they make food to create profits
The UN made food a human right in 2021. Only USA and Israel objected. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-213844/
The primary cause of food scarcity and insecurity is the distribution of it. It’s extremely difficult to transport food to the target destination when it’s more than a couple hundred miles from the source. We’ve had to literally genetically modify our foods due to how complex it is to safely and quickly distribute food before it spoils.
I think that would be a problem that would be more easily solved if the goal was to feed people and not to create profits
…money is. an invented value to certain things and services…
If everyone went Vegan it would be a hell of a lot more than that, probably 5-10 more billion.
