That’s a silly response. Why do you think workers are exploited? You say we need to play by the roles, but you’re going to balk at the cost of playing by those rules.
or they just go out of business and we import our non mechanized crops to developing countries. Farming isn't a high margin business and if it were as simple are rising wages and prices, you wouldn't see the farms going out of business.
There is a reason European farmers are deeply subsidized.
It would require less billionaires and less chatgpt wrappers with billion dollar valuations.