Bread is CIVILIZATION

  • gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Bread made feeding people cheap. That isn’t civilization; that’s dominator culture. It’s slavery with extra steps. You’ve all been eating peasant food. Break the cycle.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      18 days ago

      Bread made feeding people cheap.

      Bread is a luxury, if feeding people cheap was the only concern, porridge would be a better use of grains than bread. Porridge predominated when peasant culture predominated; bread becomes common with civilization’s connections, innovations, and specialization.

      • gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world
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        18 days ago

        I’m talking of modern day peasants, you know, the 99%. If it’s a “luxury”, then why pray tell is it served everywhere and dominates the ingredient list of most processed food? A loaf of bread is cheap, but meats, fruits, vegetables are through the roof.

        It was a nice stop gap as things progressed, but now it’s a handicap.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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      18 days ago

      Bread is a whole lot of work to make than say, rice. Bread isn’t cheap, it’s only cheap because some of the ingredient might’ve been subsidised in one way or another, to make sure the country isn’t starving. It’s popular among us peasant because it could last, it’s one of the most versatile ingredient available, and it’s filling.