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The Benefits of World Hunger (lemmy.ml)
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The article is actually decently well written good-faith satire meant to address how poverty and hunger are inherent to capitalism as a system. The title was just too bold lol

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 75 points 10 months ago (4 children)

hunger is "fundamental to the working of the world's economy"

I mean, he's probably right, but that means we should work to change the system, not throw more orphans into the crushing machine

[–] Bread@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago

But the machine needs those orphans to keep going! Why would we want to deprive the system of what it needs? Won't anybody think of the shareholders!?!

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Which is actually said in the original article

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

there's no "but" -- this is exactly the point the author is making.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Won't anybody think of the employees in the orphan crushing industry?