The grapes of diabolical consequence

      • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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        4 years ago

        Australia could do this since they have a floating exchange rate, but it would devalue their currency to the dollar making their money worth less on the international market. Usually countries really like having a strong, expensive currency (helps them fuck over poor countries bette, bankers like it) so I doubt they are going to do that anytime soon.

    • SteamedHamberder [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Also- extra grapes won’t rot, they’ll admittedly go for a low price, but they’ll go into distillation for brandy, or once that market is saturated, fuel ethanol.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        To be fair, that's assuming that the capitalists are rational. Remember all that food being destroyed because of the pandemic?