Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international
by WalterBright on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:46PM
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I don't know of any capitalist country that suffers from famine. Malnutrition is usually the result of disease or drug abuse, not lack of food.
Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international
by manuelabeledo on Monday January 15, 2024 @04:52PM
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Millions of US citizens suffered from malnutrition during the Great Depression.
More recently, half of Africa and SE Asia had malnutrition issues. Only in India, ~100M people currently suffer from malnutrition.
I'm pretty sure that's not linked to drug abuse.
If we think that food is generally abundant, I think it would be fair to say that famines are caused because people are deprived of food that is available, but either too expensive, and/or too valuable to other parties.
Given that, any example of famine or malnutrition, should be considered.