• TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Let’s not do that. Because either the entire food chain from agriculture to shelf would have to be nationalized, and that… is just not feasible. Maybe 50 years ago, sure but not anymore.

    Let’s start with passing some laws to nationalize the price or cap the price of essential food items. Meat, Vegetables and fruit, bread items to start with. And legislated weight would be nice. I still don’t understand why a package of chicken breast comes with only 3 fucking pieces and costs $14-$18. Average families are four people damnit!!! Packaged meat should be in amounts for 2 people and 4 people.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      The only reason it’s not feasible is because there’s no political will to do it. There’s no fundamental reason why that can’t change if there was broad public demand for it. A lot of food production has become effectively a natural monopoly, and it’s much better to nationalize these kinds of industries than try to regulate them. We have decades of evidence that we are not able to regulate them effectively.