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Even with unlimited ressources humans would be the only species where millions still would die from hunger and thirst every year (lemmy.world)
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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

The distribution problem in 100% of famines is that some government somewhere cracks down on the free transfer of food. They either physically stop food from moving, or they provide huge financial incentives for moving food outside the famine area.