Poor economic management. The entire country went organic via legislation, slashing the food output.
Read news articles about it and read between the lines. The tax cuts are being blamed for it because it was the bandaid on the bullet wound. But the chain of events is pretty clear. Oligarch family imposing pie in the sky concepts on an economy leading to food running out and mobs on the streets.
Now, that whole organic farmer thing. Was that because of green woke ideology, or was it because the government wanted to save on foreign reserves which they otherwise would have had to spend on fertilizer?
Poor economic management. The entire country went organic via legislation, slashing the food output.
Read news articles about it and read between the lines. The tax cuts are being blamed for it because it was the bandaid on the bullet wound. But the chain of events is pretty clear. Oligarch family imposing pie in the sky concepts on an economy leading to food running out and mobs on the streets.
"Let them eat cake! ...OH NO!!!"
Now, that whole organic farmer thing. Was that because of green woke ideology, or was it because the government wanted to save on foreign reserves which they otherwise would have had to spend on fertilizer?
given Sri Lanka's supposedly high ESG score, I'd guess the former.