Capitalism = no food
And this, I remind you, is when you have no sanctions, no embargoes, no wars on the ground for the last 100+ years, no major demographic crises, no shortage of arable land, nothing…
They do have a bourgeoisie, though. That’s got to count for something.
This but unironically capitalism generates false scarcity for the sake of the profit of the middleman.
If you aren’t from the US, I can guarantee poverty here is much much worse than you think
Just about every interstate exit in my area is a tent commune. And the thing is, cops will arrest or fine mutual aid groups for attempting to feed the homeless.
Everybody except the absolute richest 10% experience at minimum financial stress because neoliberalism has made everything require debt, which is inherently destabilizing and arguably traumatizing. Below that, you have people putting off medical care, severe mental health epidemics (everyone I know is on adderall, anti-depressants, or both), etc. all the way down to the worst squalor you will see anywhere in the world. It’s pretty fucking insane and illustrates how the Emperor is truly wearing no clothes.
They could feed their people, they just don’t care to.
Yog why does this chart look like it belongs on a website made in the 90’s lmfao
Clearly inspired by Yellow Parenti
When we take power, we will impose 90s web design on the entire internet, as a gesture of good will to the Trotskyites.
That’s fine but no 3D bar graphs or 3D pie charts
But lots and lots of WordArt
Beautiful
WEB 2.0 WAS A MISTAKE!!!
LONG LIVE THE STATIC WEB, DEATH TO JAVASCRIPT, DEATH TO PHP.
“HAHA GOMMUNISM IS WHEN NO FOOD!1!1!1”
“Food is not a human right, over 20% of our population can’t even get it.”
Uh, every day?
Is that in percentage?
I’m guessing
It’s really hard to say, looks like this is made by an individual comparing food scarcity info about China from a foundation, to a Gallup poll in America.
Not exactly a useful data set, Gallup polls are less than useful in comparative statistics.
I think the only real data you could pull from this is that china has been reducing food scarcity while the US is perceiving itself to be increasing food scarcity. But again, Gallup polls are awful, and are typically used to “beg the question”.
What is the Y axis measuring exactly?
I’m guessing percentages, although USDA official numbers appear to be somewhat lower https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/food-security-and-nutrition-assistance/