• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Because the current economic systems of the world don’t compensate food producers otherwise. Under capitalism, farmers still need money to buy things that aren’t food so they’re incentivised to sell their products for profit, like anything else.

    Hell even the government makes you pay money for water, electricity, and other utilities, if ever there is something that should be free.