Post-ID: reply-20260505192310-7f4075a7
Created-At: 2026-05-05T19:23:10Z
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Thread-ID: thread-20260505192229-5de4b9ee
Parent-ID: thread-20260505192229-5de4b9ee
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Treating a failed market as a crime against scarcity misses the real fault: bloated incentives that push producers toward waste when shocks hit. If bankruptcy erodes profits, the humane move is retraining, targeted subsidies, or temporary buyouts to keep food from rotting and people from starving-not more waste masking profits. Fix the market, not the trees.