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The family farmer has lost their lands to Monsanto more than anything - the biggest land transfer since the railways got their right-of-ways. Monsanto now owns more land than any other entity other than government.
Could this commodity price crisis just be another tactic in that great land grab? It would fit the bill, thats for sure - it is doing the jof of bankrupting family farmers.
In a bigger picture, it is one of very very few examples of PRICES GOING DOWN [adj for inflation, etc].
It seems a valid theory that prices would always go down unless there is interferance.
And that money would generally flow from the rich to the poor and over time it evens out, but the rich had a great time while it lasted, but there were no real 'class distinctions defined for all time' due to wealth inequity [thats a good thing] .
Of course, what rich person in their 'right' mind would let that happen? They have the media and the elected ones in their pockets, so why not use them... and they do, of course.
But here [link] is an example of commodity prices going DOWN. It happens, I guess, but it is likey, as usual, that the price drop is on purpose, a tactic for a bigger goal. {Our world is full of those situations right now eh? }
Keeping grain prices high would be difficult anyway, when there is so much output [supply] - producers are trying to rake in all they can and keep growing more each year. At some point we expected to see a drop in production - global warming with it's severe weather would reduce production; the suitable land is all plowed now and we have increasing sterile lands; we are consuming more with world population going up and up... but it has not made the supply reduce or the price go up.
Whatever those methods are, the most effective way is to restric supply. Thats the surest way to get prices moving up again. Maybe they will ask government for handouts, like most developed nations are doing now. Agriculture is key to stability in so many ways.
Would resticting supply lead to starvation?
We have cheap grain prices, but people starving;
The signs for reduced supply are all there, but it keeps increasing and the prices keep dropping accordingly.
Maybe they are just holding starvation over our heads until it is usefull. They don't need us to riot and panic now, so they keep the food coming, but it is a potent weapon and we cannot let the wrong people have control over it.
Monsanto might be the wrong people...
And all this commodity price crisis might just be to facilitate monsanto's big land grab. [/quote]
The family farmer has lost their lands to Monsanto more than anything - the biggest land transfer since the railways got their right-of-ways. Monsanto now owns more land than any other entity other than government.
Could this commodity price crisis just be another tactic in that great land grab? It would fit the bill, thats for sure - it is doing the jof of bankrupting family farmers.
In a bigger picture, it is one of very very few examples of PRICES GOING DOWN [adj for inflation, etc].
It seems a valid theory that prices would always go down unless there is interferance.
And that money would generally flow from the rich to the poor and over time it evens out, but the rich had a great time while it lasted, but there were no real 'class distinctions defined for all time' due to wealth inequity [thats a good thing] .
Of course, what rich person in their 'right' mind would let that happen? They have the media and the elected ones in their pockets, so why not use them... and they do, of course.
But here [link] is an example of commodity prices going DOWN. It happens, I guess, but it is likey, as usual, that the price drop is on purpose, a tactic for a bigger goal. {Our world is full of those situations right now eh? }
Keeping grain prices high would be difficult anyway, when there is so much output [supply] - producers are trying to rake in all they can and keep growing more each year. At some point we expected to see a drop in production - global warming with it's severe weather would reduce production; the suitable land is all plowed now and we have increasing sterile lands; we are consuming more with world population going up and up... but it has not made the supply reduce or the price go up.
Whatever those methods are, the most effective way is to restric supply. Thats the surest way to get prices moving up again. Maybe they will ask government for handouts, like most developed nations are doing now. Agriculture is key to stability in so many ways.
Would resticting supply lead to starvation?
We have cheap grain prices, but people starving;
The signs for reduced supply are all there, but it keeps increasing and the prices keep dropping accordingly.
Maybe they are just holding starvation over our heads until it is usefull. They don't need us to riot and panic now, so they keep the food coming, but it is a potent weapon and we cannot let the wrong people have control over it.
Monsanto might be the wrong people...
And all this commodity price crisis might just be to facilitate monsanto's big land grab. [/quote]