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Capitalism is when 1 in 10 people don't eat (lemmygrad.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1962901

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Soviet famine of 1932-33? Poor leadership, demographic malice, or failing logistics can cause famine. Starvation is never intentional in any system (though, one would argue, government seizure of grain didn’t help)

[–] taigaman@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they were using more modern fertilizer then. Being able to synthetically produce ammonia happened in 1923.

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