[RugnirViking]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/10/nutriti...

While it's not literal death from starvation, it's as close as you'll get in a country with agriculture subsidised in the way that it is.

That's not to say it's as melodramatic a situation as maybe the word 'starvation' presents itself, but do not delude yourself; people really are actually poor in real life. It happens. A lot.

[smsm42]

Sorry, I can't believe you compare nutritional disbalance (which is caused, in part, by abundance of cheap available calories in cheap available foods with ) with actual starvation. Yes, common American diet is nutritionally unsound (and government meddling for decades using bad science carries serious part of the blame, agro subsidies do too) but this is radically different from not being able to afford any food at all. I can't believe this needs to be spelled out.

> people really are actually poor in real life. It happens. A lot.

Who you are arguing with? I never claimed there are no poor people in real life. What I said that Uber drivers aren't doing it because their alternative is starving. Most people who are really poor do not participate in the gig economy at all.