Hmm it’s as if the consumers did something to cause political instability.

How peculiar

Kinda like blaming a President at war for not saying “thank you” to its “benefactor” (despite having done so numerous times), no?

You must construct additional pylons.

Well, that explains a lot

This is the traditional baby-holding pose employed by republicans. It ensures the brain never gets enough oxygenated blood, and makes the spawn easier to indoctrinate late.

Mom is making sure it gets brain damaged so it votes republican when its older.

🎶 I don’t want your baby, I already ate. 🎶

Too much Fox “news” will do that.

When Maduro took over Venezuela, the average citizen lost 40 pounds, due to poor food distribution.

Here’s an example.

No you see the Americans have all been starving because they can’t afford their eggs anymore.

Inb4 unleashing bird flu is RFK’s plan to combat the US obesity epidemic.

Well, these are the ones who were able to make the trip.

I mean, setting aside the “We’re from the Government and We’re Here To Help” liberalism that American conservatives reflexively recoil at, I do find it disorienting to pretend a heavily rural American breadbasket would need agriculturally scarce Europe to send food aid.

This reminds me of the 90s US effort to do welfare politics in West Africa, by dumping millions of tons of excess agriculture into Trans-Atlantic wholesale markets. The flood of “free” food (with tons of political strings attached) shifted the balance of power to the African urban centers, as local agricultural markets collapsed and people flooded to the industrial centers to get food at below the domestic production cost. Political leadership capable of controlling the influx of foodstuffs rapidly consolidated power within major port cities. This gave rise to authoritarian governments, political purges, and ultimately two horrifying Congolese Wars (the second often referred to as The Great War of Africa).

Obviously, more complicated than this. Along with food “aid” we also delivered a surplus of “military aid” to our regional allies (a list that was constantly shifting between US and African administrations, particularly during the fallout of the failure of the Soviet Union). Then there were a host of local tribal conflicts and score-settling that got ramped up to eleven with the sudden glut of foreign wealth.

But maybe I’m drawing lines where none exist. Can you really imagine how the US economy might be upset by a sudden shift in who controls the supply of cheap imports? Can you imagine what our country would look like if it was flush with small arms or if we had a bunch of local land barons with short tempers and delusions of grandeur? Can you conceive of an America that had a bunch of poorly defined interior borders that suddenly become flashpoints of political tension?

I certainly can’t. Bring on the flood of EU eggs!

But can you imagine the scandal if one wore a tan suit?!

That’s because a) the EU is a coalition of many different countries who all have their own flags, and b) we don’t fetishize our flags nearly as much as Americans. Many countries have laws against putting the flag on merchandise, because it’s seen as disrespectful.

The boardwalk had plenty. Maybe you didn’t see the flag or maybe you didn’t go down range

It’s part of the meme at this point

Probably couldn’t find that many real unarmed Americans waiting properly for a real picture.

And to preempt the comments: I’ve seen videos of people tearing down the doors for black friday. I’ve seen people going with open carry to buy TP during covid, openly stating “I’ll get my TP one way or another”. No way hungry armed people won’t escalate. Sure this is human nature, but Americans are the ones with more guns than eggs, and very divisive at this point in time

This is locally-made European AI slop though

Ran out of eggs

And no red hats, obviously AI

No they are a symptom of a deregulated industry that can raise prices by 100% even though their costs have only gone up 2%, as long as a convenient excuse is pushed by the industry-aligned media.

Then, when the chicken plague is over, they lower the prices a tiny bit, to about 80% more than before, Trump declares victory, and the rich have become richer again.

You realize Canada doesn’t have this issue, right? And they share a literal land border with the US. Why are you assuming the bird flu is some inevitable force that can’t be stopped?

We do have H5N1 here, just like everyone else it’s out there with wild birds and those fly all over the place, it’s been a thing for two decades. Difference being we have regulations and also industrial structure (not as large companies/flocks) which means even if a flock gets infected it’s a much more limited loss.

And of course the completely different hygiene standards: Eggs in the EU must be sold unwashed, which means that companies actually have to keep the barns clean. It’s similar with chicken meat: It’s not like chlorinating chicken would be a health danger to humans, it’s that the hygiene conditions that would make chlorinating necessary, seen from the other side that chlorinating enables, are absolutely unconscionable. That’s why chlorinating is outlawed in the EU.

In another line of thought, though, we should have another class of eggs: Organic barn. The usual better feed, more space etc. but keep them inside, it’s not like chickens mind being inside. Vaccinating them sadly isn’t an option at this point, like it is with salmonella.

EU has sustainable practices, robust regulations, and way less idiots in power. There is a lot of idiots, but the way regulation works, it’s harder for them to fuckup. Not impossible, but harder.
Good chances that chicken plague is already here, but is dealt with appropriately and doesn’t have this devastating results.
Also, no measles.