Nations should have mandatory farming practice for half a year or so like they have mandatory military service. I think such practice will be eye opening on how we treat food.
- Because how do you house, feed, care for the health of, and train all of the people, while and keeping them from assaulting each other?
- Because then you would have a bunch of poorly-skilled uninterested people around dangerous machinery.
- Because there is not enough land for people to be employed productively in using modern farming techniques.
- Because forcing people to perform labor is generally frowned upon in our society.
Also see part II of http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/06/against-tulip-subsidies...
Below is YouTube video.
Recently, I went away on vacation for a week, and when I returned, the bathroom sink looked a nightmare. I come back, and it's fixed again. I don't think he noticed at all.
Isn't that just a summary of good government in one question?