Under capitalism - eviltoast
  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Interesting that you say people should grow their own food yet want to prevent them from having the means to readily do so like this. It’s sad really and kinda evil.

    • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Nothing prevents them from having the means to grow their own food. The trick is being able to do it sustainably for a long period of time.

      My house sits on 0.16 acres, 6,970sqft. I could turn that land over to growing food. But the problem is, growing food is a full time job and if I spend all my time growing food for my wife and myself, I’m not making money to pay the mortgage, and soon I have nothing.

      I could pay someone else to grow my food, they aren’t going to do it for free, but if I’m going to do that, I may as well keep my property as it is (not much you can grow on 0.16 acres) and just buy my food at a store.