‘Well, that’s the plan.’
True. Food is a potent weapon. Just ask the Ukrainians what Stalin did to them, ask the Jews what Hitler did to them, and on and on and on.
Aye, this is something that is almost an inevitable route of attack, as is energy (whether electricity or fuel) — make these restricted and you restrict the ability of the great unwashed masses
to resist, nearly as effectively as stripping them of weapons.