Clarkson may not be the best face for farmstrags he should have just say no

it's insane, the one critical industry which is beyond precious to any nation state - but leftoids are so motivated by contempt for the wealthy rather than benevolence for the poor, that they are blinded by their hatred, and unwilling to let even few benefit from subsidies,

even if the longterm downstream effects is critical towards the nation state's self sufficiency

You know the moment Zimbabwe went to shit? When they had to import more food than they themselves produced - driving up the prices of bread and up beyond affordability for the everyman - and since food is a non-negotiable expense, against other luxuries cut out of the budget - this began the death spiral of inflation. It's more complicated than that, but i remember the distinct moment the Zimdollar crashed into Free Fall was when my own father said more food was imported than produced a country which used to feed every country African state beneath the equator.

Bongland of course is much wealthier and diverse in its finances, but literally threatening the future of your self sustaining food security is maddness, chances are if Bongland's entire agricultural sector evaporates overnight, they might even be fine enough - but so many bongs complain about the crushing rent and increased electricity costs past 5 years - you think importing MORE food from overseas is gonna alleviate that??

!anticommunists

They hate subsidies for anything 'big' even if it's vital like ag. In reality, autarky is something that both the far left and far right can get behind. It's only really the free market types that lose out from it.

!anticommunists

what on earth do you thinks gonna happen when global markets vanquish your local producers??

Locals will benefit on the short term, by having cheaper food to buy, but what happens in lean years?? You realize that food and produce have variable years - with some countries havin disasterous years and yields.

Example, suppose you've managed to completely be reliant on Mexico and America for your maize imports, and your local industry has been completely wiped out due to not being competative against the global market of maize, because peeps in the grocer store prefer to buy maize at half the price right?

Suppose an El Nino drought weather system, as had occurred in South AFrica between 2022-2023, destroys crops on a continental scale - suddenly places like America and Mexico have less than half of their usual annual crop yields - the Yank department of Agriculture immediately steps in and places a cap on exports, in order to protect local yanks from literal starvation for that year. Yanks have more than enough for themselves, but they and mexicans now only import a fraction onto the global market

And suddenly brean,, corn and maize is at a turbo premium - your local market can only provide 10% of the needed consumption yield, every other country on earth whom also relies on maize exports from yanks/mexico bids desperately against you for the same finite maize, and that cheap price of yesteryear now has more than tripled in price. Price have risen almost tenfold in 6 months.

https://wandilesihlobo.com/2024/04/08/zimbabwe-and-zambia-should-look-to-mexico-and-american-farmers-for-more-white-maize/

Often many southern african countries reliant on South African white mielies or maize for the most popular dish on the continent: pap, have to turn to more expensive international markets like Mexico, to make up the market shortfall, cuz South Africa literally doesn't have enough to share! And as you can well imagine - importing shit overseas across the Atlantic is deceisively more expensive than from your neighbour

al that cheap food you had gained for the average consumer, all that savings wiped out in on lean year, where the global demand outstrips the global supply

WRONG, globohomo shill

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