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If you have a fried chicken and some guy in Indonesia does not, on average you have half a chicken. If you have a roasted turkey, and that guy in Indonesia does
by ommunist 10y ago
If you have a fried chicken and some guy in Indonesia does not, on average you have half a chicken. If you have a roasted turkey, and that guy in Indonesia does not, life on average just became a whole lot better for both of you, right?
- return0 10y agoLet me rephrase that somehow. If you have a remedy that fixes the symptoms but not real cure for cancer, and the guy in indonesia does not, on average you have half a remedy. If you have a cure for cancer and the guy in indonesia does not, life on average is a whole lot better because the guy in indonesia can hope to get the cure himself in a few years.
- ctdonath 10y agoStrictly speaking true, but wantonly missing the point. We're at a world economic point where it is literally cheaper to send chickens from USA to China, process them there, and send the product back to USA than to process them near the originating farm. It's not that hard (with suitable supply chain management, and accounting for economy of scale) to just send that half of my chicken to some guy in Indonesia.
- ommunist 10y agoYou just stressed my point. In your described scheme the poor guy in Indonesia still got no chicken.