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Not that this affects what you're saying and it doesn't necessarily make for a practical srgument, but it sprang to mind.

Do car parts in the supply chain go bad? What about livestock? Like can you literally just keep cattle and pigs and chicken alive longer if demand drops short term?

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https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/25/us/chickens-depopulated-d...

It's not really doable from what I've been seeing. The animals grow to big and living conditions worsen

Given the number of farms getting ready to kill their unsold livestock, the answer is no, you can't just keep them around. It costs money to keep livestock fed and healthy, and if they can't be sold then farmers lose money every day. Eventually the farmers need to prevent further losses by killing the animals.

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