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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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[–] 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 1 points 6 hours ago

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