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The Benefits of World Hunger (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 months ago (1 children)

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

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

There are absolutely politicians who would say this shit unironically

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months 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