You may be overestimating other species
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Ants were doing war and slavery loooong before humans even came around
Ants do slavery ...?
They do! Kurzesgast has a few videos about ants and one of them looks at a slaver ant!
I read a paper a few years ago that basically said that food insecurity is not a problem with production, but is instead a problem with distribution. The USA throws away enough food to feed another good sized country. I don't know the exact nature of the distribution problem and whether it's a problem of resources or something else, like s political problem.
Sure it makes sense. You got some dairy making way too much milk, how are you going to get it around the world? The fuel spent is worth a lot more than you would get for selling it. Plus it has to be kept cold. That's why all the cheap food we eat is made pretty close by and if you are getting something imported chances are it costs more. And that doesn't even get into what if the place is unstable which would add more costs.
The shit thing is the very people who need food the most are the ones who can't afford it.
So yeah the food is there but getting it where it needs to be is the tricky part.
The biggest issue involves the logistics on the ground, and in places with extremely high food insecurity, there tends to be little to no legitimate government, and so getting anything done involves dealing with local gangs and warlords. It doesn't matter how much money you have if every shipment you send will just be stolen at gunpoint and sold to fund the local thug's next golden toilet. This is not a problem that can really be solved by throwing money at it.
... You could fund your own local gang to take over and do your bidding.
CIA tried doing that, it didn't go too well. Probably just a skill issue I'm sure
That's proven to be both unpopular and often having unintended side effects.
This is not a problem that can really be solved by throwing money at it.
You've never heard of mercenaries?
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.
Many grocery stores give expired food to charity. You will often see a Walmart truck making deliveries to the Homeless shelter
This is a great thing. I didnt know that Walmart was doing it, I have only heard of local grocers in Europe doing this.
I know right? We may not be able to get them off the streets but we can at least keep them fed.
Remember, food insecurity Is a feature of capatilism and is designed to make people compliant, can't revolt if they can't eat.
Well, it's a feature of violent power structure, which shows up in more than just capitalist cultures.
You are not wrong, but capitalism is the most violent power structures to ever exist - even a fascist will reject the idea of infinite consumption in a finite universe.
I would reply to this comment, but my corporate overlords decided to send my nation to Siberia and replace us with Russian settlers. /s
Til Ukraine was a capitalist nation in the 1930s.
Most other mammals destroy their offspring if there’s a risk and there a chance of survival for themselves or a smaller amount of offspring.
They can always mate again, that baby is gonna be dead before it has the chance.
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You haven’t met the crows in my neighborhood.
I can't wait to see at what the rate per kwH unlimited fusion power is going to be sold to us.
Just like solar power, the "fuel" is unlimited, but the hardware is not free.
Don't get me wrong, undue profits WILL be made, but at the same time it's not really free either. Gotta pay for parts/equipment and the people maintaining the reactor and infrastructure.
I dunno. I think that not having to worry about having enough would change how people feel about resources. If it's always going to be there, it just... doesn't matter.
How does OP define unlimited? There's hella diamonds but their release is controlled by a cartel inflating their value. Not unlimited surely but also not equally accessible so the price can be manipulated.
One could argue we currently live in a universe with virtually unlimited resources. It's accessibility that is the issue.
I'm imagining replicator technology like Star Trek.
Also, since we’re talking about horrible companies, Nestlé killed a bunch of babies so…
Every spices would do that.
Even oregano?
Especially oregano! Bunch of cunts, they are.
Especially origami.
Only the sage refuse
Would?
we dont have unlimited resources so grammatically the subjunctive tense is appropriate here
My thoughts exactly. We willingly and enthusiastically harm and kill our fellow man in the name of convenience and/or profit.
I would hope the need to feed the ego as a provider would overhwelm the need for ego as the denier. That or ego just goes out of the equation if apes had unlimited access to unlimited ressources.
Read Ishmael
Halfway through as we speak!
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