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Man aged 64 and ¾ discovers capitalism (b.l3n.co)

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 250 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

Transporting the grain from the field to the mill.
Milling
Transporting flour (and at least 3 other ingredients) from the mill to the bakery
Baking, packaging
Transporting the bread from the bakery to the supermarket
Running the supermarket.

Turns out there is a difference between raw wheat and bread. More news at 8.

When farmers get paid too little for their effort, making these wild comparisons isn’t helping. It seems we’re about a year away from the conclusion “I stubbed my toe. This must be capitalism’s fault.”

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about potatoes?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Those are needed to power the farm computers.

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