I Have a Question
With the world population obviously being a major problem, now and in the future. Why don't we see the political pundits addressing the issue? Is it just too hot of a topic?
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firefall · 61-69, M
@sludgefeast: people aren't starving right now because there isn't enough food in the world, they are starving as a political act (or series of acts) and choices by various power elites. If there was real concern for people starving to death, things like the EU's vast oversupplies of food, the USA's policies of paying farmers to NOT grow crops, would not be in force. Famine is always a political act, in the world as it stands.
For example, look at the amazing number of people starving /malnourished right here in the USA - there's a staggering abundance of food in the USA, and yet starvation, because of political choices (e.g. in Florida, where the EBT/food stamps have been reduced to a maximum of $97 a month, which is literally impossible to survive on without some other form of sustenance).
For example, look at the amazing number of people starving /malnourished right here in the USA - there's a staggering abundance of food in the USA, and yet starvation, because of political choices (e.g. in Florida, where the EBT/food stamps have been reduced to a maximum of $97 a month, which is literally impossible to survive on without some other form of sustenance).