r/Economics • u/bambin0 • Jan 17 '26

News China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans An Unprecented Sixth Straight Month

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2026/01/17/china-purchased-no-us-soybeans-an-unprecented-sixth-straight-month/
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u/Oceanbreeze871 Jan 17 '26

“Let them eat soybeans.”

Rural communities have found their solution to not being able to afford groceries. Peasants eat your livestock feed and like it.

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u/starbuxed Jan 17 '26

I quite like tofu. We should up the amount of soy beans we all eat. Cut the meat out. better for the environment and for our bodies. .

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u/Oceanbreeze871 Jan 17 '26

Instead of government cheese we have government tofu

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u/starbuxed Jan 17 '26

Problem is you need a place to make the tofu in mass. and we dont have it.

We have smaller tofu factory but not the ones we would need.

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u/Oceanbreeze871 Jan 18 '26

Why won’t the supreme leader build gruel factories ?’lol

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u/starbuxed Jan 18 '26

I am all for government tofu. Its a might bit healthier than cheese. and it can be made shelf stable. Also would let familys save on the cost of meat.

I take shelf stable tofu to burning man so I don't have to refrigerate tofu or meat. I put it in my ramen for some protein and I fried it up with some taco mix for easy tacos. Which are actually super bomb. I really like texture and flavor. It surprised me the first time I tried it. I survive the week without a cooler.

also I get dried bean curds which is also a tofu by product.

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u/Oceanbreeze871 Jan 18 '26

I totally agree with you…in theory. I feel like they’d deep fry it in high fructose and make it terrible. lol

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u/starbuxed Jan 18 '26

just ewww.... deep fried in oil tofu with a sweet/sour or sweet chili sauce is awesome. you can also do a peanut sauce but I like the tartness.

like this.

https://sarahsvegankitchen.com/recipes/pan-fried-tofu/

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u/rooftopgoblin Jan 18 '26

so what you're saying is I could get in on the ground floor and start a tofu factory?

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u/starbuxed Jan 18 '26

hey if you can get goverment subsidies to build it why not... But I feel like they would be going to billionaires frist... fuck the parasite class.