How the British Military Was Outsmarted By A Bunch Of Farmers - How Money Works #shorts

This is how British Military Leadership was outsmarted by a bunch of farmers.

In 2002 British officials in Afghanistan wanted to get rid of poppy plantations that were eventually being used to make drugs that would show up back in the west.

They offered Afghan poppy farmers $700 an acre in return for destroying their poppy crops in the hope of getting rid of the very start of the supply chain.

The only problem with this plan was that it ignited a poppy-growing frenzy among Afghan farmers who sought to plant as many poppies as they could in order to collect pay-outs from the cash-for-poppies program.

Some farmers even harvested the sap before destroying the plants, getting paid twice for the same crop.

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Edited By: Andrew Gonzales

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