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>no one is in even remote danger of starving like do you actually believe this? just because none of your friends are starving doesn't mean there aren't people
by throwlaplace 6y ago
>no one is in even remote danger of starving
like do you actually believe this? just because none of your friends are starving doesn't mean there aren't people that are
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/22/covid-19-could-detonate-hunger-pandemic-with-millions-risk-world-must-act/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/22/covid-19-...
- MattGaiser 6y agoI believe he is limiting his comments to the USA.
- throwlaplace 6y agodo you know what the number of people below the poverty line is in the US? https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759512938/u-s-census-bureau-reports-poverty-rate-down-but-millions-still-poor https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759512938/u-s-census-bureau-r... 38 million. 12% of households don't reliably eat https://www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/press-room/new-data https://www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/press-room/new-data people are getting evicted en masse soon https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/coronavirus-evictions-renters.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/coronavirus-evictions-... do you really think "no one" is going starve to death in the US in the coming months? or even that many people aren't?
- smcg 6y agowe know all of these things are true. the system is set up to disenfranchise these people. none of it is because of lack of food capacity, and covid did not impact the food supply chain enough to stop the chain.