• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Until you go on vacation to a “poor” country where it suddenly costs virtually nothing.

    Are Avocados a conspiracy?

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        8 months ago

        Which is why all known “advanced” civilisations (scare quotes for lack of better term) have formed around some kind of grain. Wheat in Egypt spreading to Europe, rice in Asia, Maize in the Americas: All basically don’t spoil when stored properly, because dry they can be transported well, and they’re also all nicely divisible. Ask the Irish whether the English wanted them to pay taxes in grain or potatoes.

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      8 months ago

      Domestically produced crops tend to be much cheaper. Think corn in the US. The stuff is so cheap they even turn much of it into sugar for foods and ethanol for cars.