• m532@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It needs to be cheap so poor people don’t die of starvation.

    I don’t understand how some people don’t get this. I think they don’t see the poor as humans.

    • Skasi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The problem is not the food price. The problem is the unfair distribution of wealth. The solution is to ensure every person can afford a decent standard of living.

      Making food cheaper just shifts the problem: More food imported (=>traffic, noise, co2), less incentive to produce food (=>scarcity), worse conditions for workers and livestock (=>unequality, animal abuse), higher reliance on preservatives, pest control and drugged livestock (=>potential negative side effects), more food waste (=>inefficiency).