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The Benefits of World Hunger (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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The article is actually decently well written good-faith satire meant to address how poverty and hunger are inherent to capitalism as a system. The title was just too bold lol

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[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev -5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's fucked that the author appears to support such an arrangement...

[–] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stop it. Stop being so bad at understanding writing. This is literally just someone doing A Modest Proposal again but with an economic lens.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is just a bad thing to say to someone. That's all.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

"please demonstrate that you have any reading comprehension skills whatsoever"

"please stop being so mean to me"

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Who would build any sort of factory if they did not know that many people would be available to take the jobs at low-pay rates

Much of the hunger lirerarure talks about how it is important to assure that people are well fed so that they can be more productive. That is nonsense

No one works harder than hungry people.

[...]well-nourished people are far less willing to do that work

For those of us at rhe high end of the social ladder, ending hunger globally would be a disaster.

I guess the irony is lost on me. Nothing here indicates that it's wrong or should change. Also, you're a huge asshole.

Edit: in fact I know people (conservatives) who are totally fine with this arrangement. They are huge assholes too, huh isn't that weird.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 25 minutes ago

yes. the irony is lost on you. it is... called satire. the author is making fun of the ridiculous state of the world by describing it as though it were normal, thus provoking outrage in the reader upon realizing that it is not

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's satire. The author is pointing out how morally reprehensible it is, using irony.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that's not satire. He unironically, disapprovingly, argues that this is the real state of the world.

https://fee.org/articles/un-deletes-article-titled-the-benefits-of-world-hunger-was-it-real-or-satire/

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 0 points 8 hours ago

Ii is the real state of the world, but I don't see any disapproval in the text.