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The Benefits of World Hunger (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The article is actually decently well written good-faith satire meant to address how poverty and hunger are inherent to capitalism as a system. The title was just too bold lol

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yo I see this shit posted all the time. The article was written in 2008 for the UNs magazine and meant to be satire. It has since been removed by the UN for being ambiguous.

https://communist.red/the-benefits-of-world-hunger-un-blurs-the-line-between-satire-and-reality/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

things that were obvious satire in 2008 are ambiguous now i love 2020s capitalism

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There are absolutely politicians who would say this shit unironically

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I posted this and went to bed without ever looking for the article. Made an edit that should federate soon enough acknowledging this