Re:At Japan’s first winery, the country’s oldest grape lives on
by Tiktaalik on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:41PM
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> due to so many benefits being tied to full time employment in the US and a general lack of any kind of social safety net, you have to already be independently wealthy or willing to be a starving artist to do something like that
Something that is kind of wild about the USA is that for as much as the culture seems to value entrepeneurship, the political and economic system is designed to stifle it and discourage people from starting businesses.
Re:At Japan’s first winery, the country’s oldest grape lives on
by dfxm12 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @02:23PM
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It's just dishonesty from politicians. You'll see legislation passed under the guise helping "family farms", but in reality, these subsidies help big ag and hurt the smaller operations: https://www.johnlocke.org/farming-subsidies-disproportionate...
I'm sure it's similar across sectors. Tech startups are what they are thanks to private venture capital.
I can't speak for Canada or Mexico, but due to so many benefits being tied to full time employment in the US and a general lack of any kind of social safety net, you have to already be independently wealthy or willing to be a starving artist to do something like that - invest a lot of time into learning a craft that probably won't payoff for decades (if at all).
All stories of extremely small batch but precisely crafted products seem to come out of Japan.
In general, I do think the west fetishizes this aspect of Japan's culture and thus overreports it. That said, many people around the world still do this. I suggest not relying on stories so much to understand the world around you.