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Comment by dukeyukey

2 hours ago

1. The EU spends enormous sums subsidising farmers.

2. Italy != Europe. Countries can and will do things differently to other countries.

> 1. The EU spends enormous sums subsidising farmers.

As if it was a charity lmao, this is a top priority, before defense even, food security will become more and more of a problem, that and water

  • But EU does not pay farmers to farm efficiently and produce more food but does it to keep inefficient ones going so not much to do with actual food security.

  • It shows free trade was a hypocritical charade even before Trump. Europe spent years inventing reasons why US grain and soybeans had to be excluded. GMO witch hunting, for example.