food dependency

Food dependency is literally the oldest trick in the book for governments to control mass population.

Remember in the Bible how Pharoah was able to confiscate the property and enslave the entire population of Egypt by controlling the distribution of food?  Genesis 47:13-25  (and notice how they were positioned to "demand" and eagerly pursue their own enslavement...)

When all their money was spent they came and demanded   “Give us food!"

They then gave their cattle in exchange for food, and when all the cattle were given to Pharoah, they came and  demanded   “Give us food!  Buy us and our land in exchange for food!"

They then gave up their property and sold themselves into slavery in exchange for food and said: “You’ve saved our lives,” they replied. “If it pleases you, your Excellency, we’ll be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them. - Genesis 6:21

A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. - Proverbs 27:12

The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer - Prov 30:25 

Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!  Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.  But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?  A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber. - Proverbs 6:6 –11

If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. - 1 Timothy 5:8