▲ 744 ▼ Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold (www.sciencedaily.com) submitted 1 year ago by Sludgehammer@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (5 children) Capitalism. I should have known. Thanks for the context! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world [S] 13 points 1 year ago It's a little more complicated than that, honey bees are great generalists and there have been a lot of winners among North American plants. But yeah, "capitalism" isn't far off the mark. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) ....how do you arrive at Capitalism from "a good portion of our agriculture"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago Simple. A good portion of our agriculture is based on capitalism. Prior to the industrial revolution (capitalism) there weren't nation sized monoculture farms full of identical genetic freakshow plants. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Because agriculture itself isn’t a problem. Rampant (and unnecessary) exploitation, to satiate artificial scarcity is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago Because as we all know, socialists don't need food. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world [S] 13 points 1 year ago It's a little more complicated than that, honey bees are great generalists and there have been a lot of winners among North American plants. But yeah, "capitalism" isn't far off the mark. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) ....how do you arrive at Capitalism from "a good portion of our agriculture"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago Simple. A good portion of our agriculture is based on capitalism. Prior to the industrial revolution (capitalism) there weren't nation sized monoculture farms full of identical genetic freakshow plants. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Because agriculture itself isn’t a problem. Rampant (and unnecessary) exploitation, to satiate artificial scarcity is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago Simple. A good portion of our agriculture is based on capitalism. Prior to the industrial revolution (capitalism) there weren't nation sized monoculture farms full of identical genetic freakshow plants. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Because agriculture itself isn’t a problem. Rampant (and unnecessary) exploitation, to satiate artificial scarcity is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago Because as we all know, socialists don't need food. permalink fedilink source parent