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Garlic is now an existential emergency and threatens US national security. (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] PanArab@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is Rick Scott a satirist? This can’t be serious

[–] MatBC@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 11 months ago

As funny as it is, I would think the issue they are concerned about is slightly less silly than it seems. I would think that the worry is that the price of garlic from China can undercut the American grown garlic and if the whole industry would shift to Chinese garlic given the quality and low price, it would give a bit of power to China since shifting back to other sources of garlic if and when China decided to either block or hike the prices.I would think is something like that.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 11 months ago

We should form a new party, the GCP, or Garlic Clove Party

[–] sinovictorchan@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 11 months ago

This is one of the typical hypocrisies by the US to engage in the protectionist policies that they claimed to oppose against their free trade slogan. This is typical of Breton Woods institutions by the Western European diaspora that are supposed to support free trade, but demand protectionism in industries that poor countries have an advantage in.

[–] NikkiB@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 11 months ago

But haven't you heard of the Chinese garlic slaves? Their poor fingers...

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

They are so deathly allergic you see.

[–] the_kid@hexbear.net -4 points 11 months ago (7 children)

garlic sucks anyway

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