The claim that the "free market" is the problem is completely empty of facts and is an ideological statement, not one based in any empirical reality. Why? The American agricultural system doesn't have a free market and hasn't for at least a hundred years. It is largely controlled by giant conglomerates facilitated by what ..? The government.
I liked how nuanced this conversation got, however I don’t fully feel like “parity” was explained in an understandable way, and I also think that there would need to be a large psychological shift in the powers that be to actually change a system in that large of a scale. I’d like to see more bottom up solutions presented on what the average joe can do rather than lament that we are being screwed over (which we always are).
Yeah it really is a complete system change that’s needed (I also don’t see that as possible and the powers that be will resist it every step of the way). It seems like the only thing that will work is to have the entire system collapse and hope that the ones that have been doing the grassroots work will lead the way with attention paid to real land stewardship, ecological knowledge, and justice and equity for all.
Good wide ranging conversation touching on so many things, I’d never heard of parity before so will study the links. Thank you!
The claim that the "free market" is the problem is completely empty of facts and is an ideological statement, not one based in any empirical reality. Why? The American agricultural system doesn't have a free market and hasn't for at least a hundred years. It is largely controlled by giant conglomerates facilitated by what ..? The government.
I liked how nuanced this conversation got, however I don’t fully feel like “parity” was explained in an understandable way, and I also think that there would need to be a large psychological shift in the powers that be to actually change a system in that large of a scale. I’d like to see more bottom up solutions presented on what the average joe can do rather than lament that we are being screwed over (which we always are).
Yeah it really is a complete system change that’s needed (I also don’t see that as possible and the powers that be will resist it every step of the way). It seems like the only thing that will work is to have the entire system collapse and hope that the ones that have been doing the grassroots work will lead the way with attention paid to real land stewardship, ecological knowledge, and justice and equity for all.
Good wide ranging conversation touching on so many things, I’d never heard of parity before so will study the links. Thank you!