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_11_ t1_ivnpc57 wrote

Reply to comment by Spring-Dance in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume

I mean. Okay. So is U.S. agriculture. Nobody ever brings that up. Roughly 20% of net farm income is due to government subsidies and our current farming model will completely collapse if they're removed.

Subsidies are used as a way to encourage industries to thrive despite low initial or ongoing profit margins in sectors that are important to the population at large. They're not inherently bad and their use isn't an indicator of worthiness or lack thereof.

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DirectDire t1_ivnr61k wrote

What if you ignore corn, corn is such bullshit its not good for making fuel and corn syrup is just used in junk food. Corn is a huge scam in the US, heavily subsidized but no real benefit to society. Eating corn normally is fine.

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