fun fact, roman emperor octavian seized land from farmers to give it to retiring soldiers, famine ensued. i'm too lazy to look up any more examples so just pretend this post is 50 lines long with each line saying x seized land from farmers to give it to y, famine ensued. i suppose the modern argument would be that in a global market it's about money not goods, and the amount of money farming generates presents an opportunity cost in that we could turn that land in to some other profit generating industry, use the money produced to buy food from abroad, and we would be left with some cash left over representing a net gain for the treasury with no discernible impact on food supply. i could present a counter argument against myself, but again i'm too lazy so i'll just say that's fucking retarded and trust the readers to not be retarded.
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