“Look, there are casualties whenever you try to change reality, and you can’t get too sentimental about it in some ways.” –– Stewart Brand
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@michael_nielsen Good example. Probably not, but more bc it would be less effective (greater shock to entire system) than a tapered approach
@devonzuegel I think another reason is compassion to the people involved. If s'one's farmed 30 years, don't just destroy their life.
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@michael_nielsen You have to weigh that w the cost of subsidizing American agribusiness to system as a whole, say Argentinian wheat farmers -
@michael_nielsen Unfortunately the consequences of these decisions don't live in a vacuum, affecting just the group you have your eye on
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