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[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can appreciate the spirit of this post, but it's a perspective only a teenager could hold.

[–] ondoyant@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

people should not starve. we have the resources to ensure nobody starves. it isn't a naive statement, its a moral imperative.

[–] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's the ultimate midwit take. Smart enough to realise it's an abstraction, not smart enough to realise that there's a base reality (goods themselves being scarce) beneath it.

[–] Platomus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Food isn't scarce.