As long as I've been alive, more poor people have died from the effects of obesity than starvation. Poor people have televisions, smart phones, electricity, running water, sewage. They can go to elementary school and high school and have a chance of going to college. As long as I've been alive, people haven't had to worry about agricultural output, they were going to eat. They didn't need to worry about how many houses were being built, they'd have a place to stay. they didn't need to worry about how much wood was being cut, they'd have enough heat for the winter. It doesn't matter how dry the well gets, they'd have enough water.
They're insulated from the reality of how their life is maintained. That's why they start to act as if they don't need to worry about a lack of food, where our grandparents had pantries packed with canned food. That's why they start to act as if work is just a nuisance that should be abolished rather than a mandatory contribution to the society that benefits them. That's why they start to act as if we can shut off the biggest forms of energy, rather than a genocidal and insane proposition.
They're insulated from the reality of how their life is maintained. That's why they start to act as if they don't need to worry about a lack of food, where our grandparents had pantries packed with canned food. That's why they start to act as if work is just a nuisance that should be abolished rather than a mandatory contribution to the society that benefits them. That's why they start to act as if we can shut off the biggest forms of energy, rather than a genocidal and insane proposition.
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I'd tend to agree with that. Something needs to be done (I've written a lot about that in the past 24 hours), but not the Greta Thunberg "SHUT IT DOWN RIGHT NOW!!!" temper tantrum.
@sj_zero My grandmother lived in a poor area with subsidized rent. She would send me to the grocery store as a pre-teen and I had to be stealthy not to get robbed. If your neighbors knew you had food they would show up and want to share it. The reality is that fast food provides a safe place to eat and not get robbed. The quality is dismal but it's a safe place.
