Great points about folks picking a side. I think it's been one of the main sources of complete bewilderment as I watch the last few years and it explains so much of the mess that we see around us.
Regarding farmer protests: I keep debating this question in my head. Subsidies distort the market - no doubt - but we're talking about citizen money that used to go to farming and now will go to windmills and bureaucracy. Within our current system, I'd rather that $ go to farmers, especially in Europe where most farms are much smaller than they are in the US - I think? - and where govt policies seem to have sort of worked in keeping good food available to the public.
But of course keeping the subsidies further entrenches certain powers and moves us further from free markets, small actors, and innovation. I don't know... whenever I get to this point in thinking about something it just re-affirms to me the importance of building a new system.