That's what I asked them, why can't you just grow your food and trade with your neighbors? I asked this many times because it was difficult for me to understand the extent of the repression. Adult men aren't just stealing from children, the government is paying people to go out there and take food from others by force, with weapons.

You can try planting the seeds but that doesn't mean the plantation can't be burned to ashes while you sleep, or they could simply wait until you collect the produce and snatch it from you LEGALLY.