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by SlowBro 2985 days ago
Automation in farming has made calories cheaper. Who in the United States is really starving?
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And housing?

It doesn't matter how cheap calories are if you do not have the income to purchase them.

If you like, change food to housing in my original comment. The point still stands: Higher minded pursuits require a level of safety and security to pursue. That level of safety and security does not exist if you do not have food security and housing security, and those things don't exist if you do not have an income.

As for "Who in the United States is really starving?" It's a much, much bigger problem than people realize. https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-hunger-us