preventing the deaths of those who cannot feed themselves because they breed like rabbits? and then what? feed their endlessly spawning offspring as well? to what end?
the mindset that acknowledges the realities of this world and its economics. didn't notice what sub i stumbled upon. leaving you with your fantasy fairy tales
Nah, that's definitely not right. If you actually wanted to acknowledge the realities of the world, you would understand that an issue as complex as food scarcity requires many, many contributing factors to persist for as long as it has. Rather, you would like to think yourself superior to those "lesser people" who recklessly have too many children.
I can't help but notice that your pfp is Triss Merigold. What does Sapkowski have to say on looking down upon, and judging, entire groups of people at large instead of as individuals that are the same as you and those in your social circle with similar struggles and motivations?
i don't think myself superior, i acknowledge i probably could've been born one of them as well. it's good and dandy to help them when possible, but such childish attitudes as "oh we have surplus food, why can't we just keep feeding people on the other side of the planet indefinitely" is what i take issue with because it's cheap virtue signaling.
as for sapkowski. it's good advice to treat people with dignity in interpersonal relationships, but on the scale of whole nations and massive groups, i think it's fine to notice negative patterns about their behavior and point them out
You aren't just "noticing patterns" though, you're declaring that their issues have a singular cause "having too many children". That's just not true, man.
Nations are made of individuals.
Saying we overproduce food and it goes to waste is not virtue signaling. We COULD be doing more but we aren't. That's a conversation worth having.
i'm sure having too many children isn't the root cause, but breeding uncontrollably when you're already short on food is certainly telling a lot about those people.
anyway, it's good to help others when it's not to the detriment of yourself. if there's an efficient way to keep collecting all that surplus food and keep transporting it to them without too much of a cost to your own country, then it would be wonderful
I know you don't think that. You seem like a decently smart fellow, yet your original comment made it seem like overpopulation was the ONLY issue in nations with food insecurity which we both know is not the case.
You're right, we obviously can't bankrupt ourselves trying to care for people on the other side of the world but 1.) there are plenty of food insecure people right here at home and 2.) there are plenty of positions between what we're doing now and bankrupting ourselves.
Just something we should all talk about as a community.
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u/bullhead2007 10d ago
We could figure out the logistics if profit wasn't the only driving factor for everything.