[9337throwaway]

It's not a bad idea to be slightly suspicious of a county that's quite willing to stave millions of its own people to death and call it a "great leap".

[rbanffy]

It's an excellent idea to be suspicious of a country that starves 13% of their population because "capitalism".

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistic...

[disattention]

In what way is food insecurity comparable to death by starvation?

[rbanffy]

Why would a country allow food insecurity? How does it benefit the population?

I’d also be suspicious of a developed country without universal healthcare. Why would they subject their own population to avoidable disease?

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articl...