How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B people?

Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by pm90 on Friday July 26, 2019 @05:45PM (#20538624)

Americans work longer hours and save less than most other developed nations. Plus they don’t have extensive social safety nets. If you’re struggling to get by it’s hard to be curious about the world. Also the country is ginormous.

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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by refurb on Friday July 26, 2019 @07:05PM (#20539111)

This seems like a ridiculous hypothesis.

America works longer hours, but not the most. Canadians save even less than Americans and have more debt.

And the US has one of the highest median incomes in the world (with a few exceptions).

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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by ElFitz on Friday July 26, 2019 @07:18PM (#20539173)

For income, one interesting metric would be the distribution. How much do most people make?

Because the US is also a developed country where 15$ an hour with pretty much no coverage is considered "good" in some parts (ie good enough to work as a Facebook content moderator rather than making Big Macs at the local McDonald's)

Edit: I might be a bit rusty on US social safety net & health benefits

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