… The very first link you provided shows a chart that has more assistance going to corn than beef, more going to soy than dairy and more going to wheat then pigs.
All nations are built and maintained by violence, either directly or by threat of it.
It’s a core component of sovereignty. To be able to call your government sovereign you must have the capacity to resist both external and internal actors from being able to overthrow you.
You must also be willing and able to use violence against those under your rule who disobey your laws (i.e, arresting a murderer).
Keep in mind that depending on the type of eye issue they may not need them all the time. In this example the person only needs then to read and it might actually make their vision worse to wear them when not.
May as well buy burgers in the US, since you already paid for most of it through taxes! (lemmy.world)
Civilian deaths are indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israel | Rajan Menon (www.theguardian.com)
Disney’s Loki remains silent over reported use of generative AI - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Boomers be like (lemmy.world)
Israeli death toll passes 600, another 2,048 injured (www.timesofisrael.com)