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To: petal who wrote (67322)	4/28/2021 6:47:25 PM
From: petal	Respond to of 78796

It is a sort of "cost of subsistence" too, which we tend to forget, as we take it for granted that it will be there, almost for free, in the supermarket. It is easy to forget that most of the revolutions in history have been incited by bread shortages. (Quoting myself here, sorry...)

To: petal who wrote (67322)	4/28/2021 10:23:54 PM
From: E_K_S	1 Recommendation Recommended By petal Respond to of 78796

OT - food shortages started revolutions One Bank Warns Soaring Food Prices Will Lead To Social Unrest "This trend of higher food prices leading to social unrest extends far back into history and surrounds many key turning points. The French Revolution of 1789, which overthrew the Ancien Régime, came after a succession of poor harvests that led to major rises in food prices" It was a similar story at the time of Europe’s 1848 revolutions too, which followed the failure of potato crops in the 1840s and the associated severe famine in much of Europe. And the 1917 overthrow of the Tsarist regime in Russia took place in the context of food shortages as well."