alt Hacker NewsEvery country subsidies their agriculture for national security purpose. You don't want an enemy to starve you in case of a big war.
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Matticus_Rex • today at 7:22 PM
Even if one grants this, it does not make the case that any particular set of subsidies is justified by that reasoning.
Name one country which is fully self-sustaining.
Agricultural subsidies exist primarily due to lobbying, the "we don't want to starve" argument is nothing more than an excuse used to justify the fortunes handed out to corporate-scale farmers.