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Capitalism is when 1 in 10 people don't eat (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1962901

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Soviet famine of 1932-33? Poor leadership, demographic malice, or failing logistics can cause famine. Starvation is never intentional in any system (though, one would argue, government seizure of grain didn’t help)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's intentional in capitalism. Any surplus will cause the price to plummet, so for it to function properly there has to be unsatisfied demand. The government even pays some farmers to not grow things on their land.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting,
The oranges piled in their creosote dumps. ♪

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

I'd never heard of that song, so you made me look it up. Thanks, I learned something today.

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