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by suetoniusp91 1469 days ago
What is this "Food Crisis" they speak of?
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A spike in food prices. We can probably weather it OK in the developed world, but last time something like this happened it helped kick off the Arab Spring. Abrupt, large changes in quality of life tend to spark revolutions. They usually get people killed, and often don't result in a more-liberal government taking power.
It is not a worthy thing to do for the US, people should have to adapt to higher prices as a cost of supporting Ukraine.

As for the Arab spring, that never had a chance of working. Not even Turkey can deal with democracy and Islam.

Maybe for you "adapt to higher prices" is fine but for much of the world this will mean famine and starvation (https://www.wfp.org/stories/hunger-famine-and-starvation-750...)

Also these aren't just minor increases, e.g. Allianz estimate a 31% increase in prices in 2021; for people who live hand to mouth in the developing world this is catastrophic.

Doesn’t even matter the cost, if there isn’t enough to go around people will starve whether they can afford it or not.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220614-top-indigenou...

> Pastocalle has been a flash point of protests called by the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) against rising fuel prices and living costs, which saw protesters block roads across the country on Monday.

https://www.newsweek.com/ecuadorians-fed-high-gas-prices-inf...

> In addition to a drop in gas prices, the protesters are demanding that the Ecuadorian government drop prices on basic food items.

Food prices in Africa and the Middle East have skyrocketed as a result of Russian sanctions.
Russian sanctions? Or Russian embargo of Ukrainian grain?
As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, their destruction if Ukrainian agriculture, their blockade of Ukrainian ports, and sanctions on Russia (which don't cover foodstuffs)*