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[–] 2 points 11 months ago

It's a bit confusing:

China Makes Biggest Soybean Buy From U.S. in Two Years

China made its biggest daily purchase of American soybeans in two years, in a move that ends a temporary pause and appears to signal a commitment to a trade truce reached late last month.

It would be interesting to know how this effects the people in China as the country is the world's largest importer not just of soybeans but of food in general. Is Brazil even able to fill the gap?

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    [–] 65 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    US Farmers having the day they voted for:

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago (17 children)

    US could always turn those soybeans into cheap food for the US.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

    Even give it away to starving families who lost their SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

    But capitalists have to lie, çeat, & steal.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Tax evasion, market manipulation, monopolies... etc.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (7 children)
  • [+] -6 points 11 months ago* (6 children)

    You got it right the first time.
    Cha che chi cho chu = Ça çe çi ço çu.
    English is such a shit language it changes “ea” to /ι/ in “cheat” /çιt/

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    You seem reasonably proficient at it. I think you introduce misspellings like this on purpose—given your history. It’s a bit psychotic if you ask me—given your history…….

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  • [+] -7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Making fun a language isn't psychotic behavior, unless you have something you want to confess.

    If anything, English is an imperial language forced down our throats after Amekos beat us in WWII. But given that you actually know history, you should know why Unicode relented on “ç” for /ch/.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Ironic how you love to mock specific groups and also call yourself “anti bully.” You and I both know you’ve got a long long history of trolling.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago

    Good. Fuck em. I'll sit back and enjoy while the rest of the world proceeds to set up a trade network that bypasses the U.S. entirely, fostering far more cooperation and goodwill than America's Hegemonic diplomacy ever has. America can get fucked for all I care.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    So much winning

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    It's a bit confusing:

    China Makes Biggest Soybean Buy From U.S. in Two Years

    China made its biggest daily purchase of American soybeans in two years, in a move that ends a temporary pause and appears to signal a commitment to a trade truce reached late last month.

    It would be interesting to know how this effects the people in China as the country is the world's largest importer not just of soybeans but of food in general. Is Brazil even able to fill the gap?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    The deals are so good.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Good. Make it forever.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Soy farming is destructive to natural ecosystems. A shame for the farmers in the US, but the nature will be glad and that is more valuable. It does depend on the replacement crop.

    I am worried about Brazilian's nature with the increasing soy farming. Soy needs terrain that competes with beautiful native plants, and with increasing production, more land will be lost, and more water consumed.

    The good news is that soy farming makes more sense in Brazil. Higher rainfall means less diverted water. It is actually more ecologically cost effective. Hopefully there will not be much more forest displacement.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Soyf farming and cattle ranching have been destroying the amazon for decades. It is severely diminished from that. But it is such a huge forest that it seems infinite.

    The bigger problem is that the soil on the amazon is actually pretty bad. There is a thin fertile layer that gets renewed by the forest. Once you cut it down to plant something else it quickly becomes bad, so you have to cut down more forest to keep up production

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    It's true and very sad.

    They claim the soy farming won't be allowed to deforest further, but the more land used for soy, the less for cattle. That can push cattle ranchers deeper into forested land and the effect is the same.

    I hope this can be solved soon. The Amazon is a precious, ancient treasure of Earth.

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