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He is right that people are being exploited somewhere along the chain, but surely the answer is to stop supermarkets making billions in profits rather than making food in an already struggling nation more expensive?

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[–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago

In a socialist system you can account for the worker exploitation and attempt to fix it. Under global capitalism any price increase enforced at the imperial core end just means more profit for the capitalists. It does not mean that wages have increased in the exploited parts of the chain to account for the cost.

The Green Party, like Social Democrats, have the same problem, trying to balance social and environmental needs while still maintaining the profit-driven capitalist system. If you dance with the devil, you don't change the devil, the devil changes you.

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 days ago

can british politicians stop making unforced errors for five minutes?

yes, he is correct that there is massive exploitation involved, but he's now the "make healthy food more expensive" guy, killing his chances with the public dead