07-20-2021, 10:34 PM
Carnos Jax wrote:
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this sounds so much like the 'Japanese are buying up all of Manhattan' from the 80s - it was supposed to have some terrible result if allowed to continue...
Japan wasn't a Communist nation or considered to be hostile to the United States' interests.
I would suggest it’s not so much ownership as it’s the environmental effects of what they’re doing (depleting groundwater supplies and making it harder for smaller family farms and local residents).
It is both. You are correct, but an American agribusiness company would do the exact same thing.
However, consider the idea of a foreign nation hostile to the United States' interests owning land actively used to provide a portion of the US food supply. Does that seem like a good idea to you?