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Peter Singer points out that even with Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s grain exports, the world produces enough food for all.

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[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blinken is right to say that Russia is responsible for denying food to desperately needy people around the world, but let’s not pretend that other countries are powerless to prevent the food shortages brought about by Russia’s willingness to attack ships carrying Ukrainian wheat.

This is something you really don't hear often enough. We could already feed the entire planet, we just don't want to (I mean many people surely do, just not the ones who matter). Our problem isn't food or resource production, but allocation

[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Every time I hear someone say "the world is over populated" I always toss in "for the current economic system we are using."

Like the whole thing with AI. AI taking jobs isn't the problem, it's that jobs are pretty much the sole determining factor on who gets to eat and who doesn't with our current system.

[–] style99@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No word on how anybody would ship all that food to places like Kenya.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If only we had some sort of ocean-going transports available to do this "shipping" with

[–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear Elon’s got a submarine that might work.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Probably already on the phone with Putin trying to work out his own grain deal, using a Hyperloop tunnel from Ukraine to North Africa