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Re:Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas” by petra on Friday April 07, 2017 @03:29PM (#14062812)
I agree with a lot of what you said, but :

>> 15% of US households cannot consistently afford food, .. 5% hunger

What food are we talking about ? because basic grains, etc - the kind of meals indians eat, for ex.(and are very healthy and pretty tasty) - are extremely cheap. So is 15% possible ?

Re:Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas” by wavefunction on Friday April 07, 2017 @05:58PM (#14063807)
Doesn't India provide food subsidies to its poorest citizens?

Why would it be hard to believe that wealthy Western countries feature extreme or even abject poverty?

America had some huge tent cities filled with previously not-homeless families living in them following the 2009 meltdown.