• @[email protected]
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    231 year ago

    Because lots of people in your country drink it, like it, and even more eat things made from it. Like cheese.

    “Two thirds of people can’t tolerate lactose” is utterly fucking meaningless in this context. Most of those are in Asia. Last I checked, it was countries giving out subsidies, not some nebulous world council.

    And nearly all farming gets subsidised, because that reduces reliance on external countries. You’ve seen what capitalism did to housing. You don’t want that to happen to food.

    • arglebargle
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      101 year ago

      Americans are at 36% lactose intolerant. Which is surprisingly, to me anyways, high.

      And should corn and cattle get the bulk of the subsidies? If it’s about food alone, maybe not.