• BossColo@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Then what’s the point? Why even have this vote? Could it be that they’re trying to signal how virtuous they are?

    • comradePuffin@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      The point is to limit the ability of multinational corporations, and the countries that act as their muscle, to create famines though prioritizeing exports and price gouging. This makes food something that people have a right to, rather than a commodity that should be sold only to whom it can make the most profit from. Check out what happened to push bottled water over public water fountains.