The global food crisis

It's not people. How can you possibly avoid hyperinflation with full productivity? Impossible.

 

decrease the amount of currency in the system.

 

This is a serious question: Do people actually not care about other people?

 

Ironic, isn't it?
We can't/won't save ourselves because it'll be the end of the world as we know it.

 

How? Fiat money is none other than primitive accumulation. It's a symptom of increasing wealth disparity.

What do you do when you have more than you could possibly use? You lend with interest. Otherwise your money depreciates in value.

 

Yes, plenty of people do not care about other people.

Is this really a serious question?

 

Yes, it is.

No matter how hard I try, I can't understand it.

 

You think it's a moral issue, but it's not. Agri-businesses have to choose between going under and feeding the entire world.

Same with Glock and the arms industry. In order not to go under, they have to foment trafficking-related violence.

And more: If they go under; PILES of debt.

 

You remind me of my sister.

 

You're right, I do think it's a moral issue.

That's the vibe I got off this thread. :leaving:

I'll admit that I know hardly anything about this kind of thing. I still think there must be something we can do about it, though.

 

Yep. It is within our capacity to feed the world, and all that good stuff - all of which I am greatly in favor - but it would destroy capitalism and thus, the very foundation the modern world is built on.

Admittedly, the people who don't care about others tend to be a bit older and jaded. It's sad, but here we are.

 

She must be lovely.

 

There is. Eliminating profit.

 

It's scary to think that one day people my age are going to be "ruling the world". Teenagers are fucked up nowdays.

From making food?

Who's going to grow food when they don't make any profit?

 

The people who care about other people :tongue:

If we want to get rid of hunger and war, we must get rid of money. Unfortunately, since money is the main religion of the world, this will be difficult.

But, it is darkest before the dawn, so hopefully, if things get really bad in our lifetimes, they will turn out really good in our lifetimes.

 

The question is ironic because the people who grow food (the workers) are not the ones who profit from it.

In fact, the people who grow food ALREADY grow it for no profit. The person who profits does not grow anything at all. He simply pwns and sells the product of another's labor.

 

Like I said before... People make me uke:

I really need to learn about this stuff. It's so interesting.

I feel as if I keep talking I will make a fool of myself.

 

There are no shortages where you live, but if things carry on the way they are, there soon will be.

If we get rid of the problem, as you quite rightly point out capitalism, then we might have a chance of diverting a forthcoming disaster.

But the problem, certainly where I live, is also climate change. Britain is becoming increasingly impotent towards sustaining its own food production, and that is something that seriously worries me.

 

Don't worry, jesus will be resurrected soon and he will feed the world with 5 fish and a loaf of bread or something.

 

you have one failed wheat or corn harvest in the northern hemisphere on a large scale,say over 30% of either in the hemisphere fail and you would almost instantly see prices skyrocket and within weeks you would see shortages.

do you know the united states has ZERO wheat reserves? thats right we sold all our reserves. now they are warning of a global sugar shortage this year.

now take 2 weeks of unusually violent weather at harvest time destroying crops and you have instant food crisis this winter.

not saying it is going to happen,im just saying we are that close.

folks really should wake up and change their eating habits to what is plentiful and grown locally in their areas. they should grow as much of their own food now and learn how to preserve their seeds and harvest.

the system they have designed is on borrowed time.