My point was not “Americans will be OK.” I explicitly said that a collapse of American agriculture would push many more Americans into poverty.
But poverty is not famine. As awful as poverty is, famine is actually, somehow, worse. Poverty kills people, and in the scenario imagined it would kill many more people, but the absolute worst impacts would still be felt in places much further afield. America’s failure would create destructive ripple effects across the world.
Yeah poor people can just make more money to buy the more expensive food, it’s genius
I think they are saying that our poor people already have “more money,” at least relative to others who might get that food.
And the bug you describe is also a feature if you’re the greedy fucker at the top trying to take advantage of desperate people.
Show me in my previous comment where I said that.
My point was not “Americans will be OK.” I explicitly said that a collapse of American agriculture would push many more Americans into poverty.
But poverty is not famine. As awful as poverty is, famine is actually, somehow, worse. Poverty kills people, and in the scenario imagined it would kill many more people, but the absolute worst impacts would still be felt in places much further afield. America’s failure would create destructive ripple effects across the world.