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Re:The Cartel That Controls the US Food System by ceejayoz on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:22PM (#36988862)
> That seems like more competition than at any point in human history.

What, were the Vikings running a global monopoly on grain or something?

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Re:The Cartel That Controls the US Food System by hnboredhn on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:11PM (#36990361)
If you were a random person in a town 1600 - how many people do you think you could buy meat form? I honestly dont know. I guess if everyone had subsistence farms with some chickens it in theory could be a lot, but not sure if it would be over 10 or not.

Its not like they had efficient shipping or storage back then.

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