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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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[โ€“] chamomile@furry.engineer 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@sharkfucker420 It's a good thing "A Modest Proposal"[1] wasn't titled "The Benefits of Cannibalism" because I guess people would have taken that at face value as well.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

[โ€“] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I need a physical copy of that