https://archive.is/2022.01.05-033953/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-05/one-reason-for-rising-food-prices-chinese-hoarding
Remember when the US had a strategic grain stockpile but then they decided to replace that with money but you can’t eat money.
Remember when the US had a strategic grain stockpile but then they decided to replace that with money but you can’t eat money.
I answer with "other countries, especially in the developing world, might ask why less than [5]% of the world's population is hoarding so much of its [everything]".
Remember when the US had a strategic grain stockpile
Pretty sure they still do.
They do and they don't. It only holds cash at the moment, and I don't think there are any other 'grain reserves' in the US right now
Victim blaming is a cornerstone of Western culture. :anglo-burn:
Lmao the capitalists are complaining about hoarding :farquaad-point:
China doesn't want a famine :wow:
India also stockpiles foodgrain btw , though the food doesn't necessarily make it into people's hands (and Modi has been trying to get rid of it completely and let free market decide whether or not people should starve).
That’s the trick. By selling our food to them China is hoarding our food.
:porky-happy: China is the reason your children go to bed hungry. Hate them not me!
Step 1: China collects all the grain
Step 2: Xi takes out his comically large spoon...
Just a big spoon that says Xi wuz here on it
But really it's about time to dry good stock. If you can't, then apply for EBT if you're US and see if you can get it and just buy a bunch of rice and beans n stuff.
Everything else is collapsing we ain't far from the food supply tbh.
We should be using the mutual aid community here for food assistance as well
Like a million+++ a day covid cases are going to fuck shit up pretty bad here lol, I've got zero idea what the fuck is going on at this point
I'm confused I thought the one thing the Americans did well was grow large amounts of food
We mostly grow corn, soybeans, milo, and other grains to feed livestock or export, and they've been doing badly the last couple of seasons
Yeah and we export it to places like China to make money. Having food to feed your population is unfair, you're supposed to buy it on the open market *stamps feet like a toddler*
No, the one thing Americans do well is waste large amounts of food
Isn't bloomberg the other dude that dropped a cheeky couple hundred mil on running for president?
Incredible. $500m for a laff. I do remember Bernie getting ratfucked, but tbh 4yrs of trunt & coming on 2 of brandon really dulls the senses.
Palmer dropping $50 (60?)m on australia's last federal election was a steal by comparison
Population adjusted Palmer dropped more. He's still at it with the UAP, in september half the country got spam texts from them.
I guess at these scales it's all shameless evil shit, not worth picking over the specifics.
I agree the constant news is hard to chronologise. The damages for the robodebt scandal are still ongoing, despite feeling like it happened in my childhood. Same for so many other ongoing, rolling, cumulative soul-draining nightmares.
I should touch grass, my windowsill plant has now unveiled a third(3!) new leaf 🌱
Thank you for the plant update, that was sweet :)
I want/need to keep a :pepe-silvia: calendar for all this shit cos its just a contextless barrage without it. We've been kicking the can down the road for so long i forgot why we started and what we're doing.
My garden is in rolling bloom atm, all sorts of new flowers coming in atop the early bloomers dying.
Clive Palmer is a criminal and I'd love to compost him.
God forbid they avoid shortages and reduce dependence on foreign imports. Those MONSTERS, trying to guarantee food security and sovereignty.
