Comments by "Acid Joke" (@PWMoze) on "British Agriculture Is About To Suck Even More || Peter Zeihan" video.

Probably Peter's most inaccurate video so far. UK food hasn't been 'bleuurggh' for decades. In the UK we enjoy one of the most varied cuisines in the World, our shops have a huge variety of internationally and locally sourced food at a wide range of price points, our various high street restaurants feature food styles from all over the globe. British food is much more cosmopolitan and healthy than in the US. We also have much better food regulation than in the US and our farms are increasingly becoming more innovative and environmentally progressive than those in the EU since Brexit. The main problem UK farmers currently face is the unpredictable weather. Add to that the lack of EU subsidies which have not yet been adequately replaced and the as yet unreconciled burden of regulations left over from the pre-Brexit era. You could possibly add to that list the growing suspicion that the new Labour government hates them more than Stalin hated the Kulaks! The new Inheritance tax is intended to stop the super wealthy from using land ownership as a way to avoid paying tax. By forcing the sale of previously unused farmland It is intended to lower the cost of land and stop huge amounts of land being allowed to be unproductive. Farmers are protesting about the way, by setting the threshold too low, it will also stop the owners of medium and smaller farms from being able to be pass their farms from one generation to the next, breaking the continuity of long standing and traditional small holdings. It will not necessarily destroy domestic agriculture but it may well transfer the ownership of agricultural land and possibly change it's use. In fact it is highly likely that much of the land that will eventually be sold will inevitably be taken up by global corporate agricultural concerns, possibly making the use of the land even more efficient. It may also encourage a shift towards solar and wind power production on otherwise unproductive land. Throughout this predicted transition British food will not be 'bleaurrgghh' and UK farms will continue as they always have: rich in assets and poor in cash. Sorry Peter, this video was bollocks. Come to the UK and check it out. And by the way, what's the deal with all the refereces to being 'white'. Is that relevant? Would farmers be better if they weren't white? I don't get it...?
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Why all the references to farmers being 'white'? I don't get it. Is this a euphemism for something I am unaware of or is it just internal racism?
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@josefk332 Yep, I unsubscribed too. Not sure if I can trust him on subjects I know very little about if he's so far off track on a subject I actually know something about.
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@SelwynRobertson Absolutely. I can't see it playing out well over time.
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That's what I thought. I'm really surprised so few comments have picked up on that. Is he suggesting farmers are better when they're not white? Is he being racist or just trying to be funny? I don't get it...
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Well said. Sadly, I see the land ending up in the hands of multinational corporations and greedy developers, losing our traditional farming families, their historic techniques, their links to local communities and ruining our green and pleasant land.
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