04-12-2024, 03:16 AM
(04-11-2024, 01:47 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(04-11-2024, 11:01 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Immense environmental destruction...yes...absolutely serious.
As for cultural destruction, *I* a person who has never set foot on a farm, has heard of and enjoyed the products from at least one of the farms. So there is absolutely a loss of local businesses that have a presence in the community.
To me, that's cultural destruction, but you might think of a different term, but please don't tell me that my favourite local cheese is not important.
But again, if this was an analogous situation, like, all the small business restaurants and shops that must close on a block to make way for a new highrise development downtown, I would (and have) acknowledged that as a loss when it happens (but i that case, it is often one I think is worth it, because other costs are much lower).
So, the loss of a local business (yes, farming is a business, even if it's a subsidized and trade-protected one) would generally count as cultural destruction?
I mean, that's how I was framing it. You can frame it differently, and that's reasonable too...but I do think that losing local businesses like that is some kind of loss to the community, that isn't matched by gaining the presence of a large multi-national corporation.