“Asparagus for supper came straight out of the garden. Hard to control that in a nation this large.”
You are wrong. In most cities, they are using satellite photos to see if you have made any “improvements” to your house which will get you an immediate tax increase and possibly fines for not getting the appropriate permits.
They can easily spot a vegetable garden. And with the new low cost drones, they will definitely spot your vegetable garden and will distribute it for all.
But rest assured, it will be for the common good.
You are wrong. There are less than 5 million law enforcement of all types in the US. There are almost 400 million people. The logistics of trying to control millions of gardens is unsupportable.
Amateurs study tactics. Professionals study logistics.
/johnny
The USSR athorities never cared for vegetable gardens. It's better to rule over living subjects, not over those who have died of hunger. Moreover, they even distrubuted small patches of land for temporarily holding, though banning animal husbandry and some sorts of building.
I don't think this taxation is an issue for Venezuela or any other Socialist country.