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This point of view is reasonable only if food disruption is actually very unlikely. If there were food supply disruption in Hong Kong, having a great deal of no
by jessaustin 7y ago
This point of view is reasonable only if food disruption is actually very unlikely. If there were food supply disruption in Hong Kong, having a great deal of nonperishable and frozen food on hand would be a good idea for most residents, wouldn't it? The fact that rumors were enough to generate shortages for a month in itself confirms a certain degree of insecurity...
- klipt 7y agoThat's just how densely populated islands function. If you're a doomsday prepper on a densely populated island, your first step should probably be to move somewhere that's not a densely populated island.
- jessaustin 7y agoDoomsday prepping on the "densely populated island" requires a great deal more wealth than it does elsewhere (also, offshore speedboats and firearms!), but one needn't be a doomsday prepper to react to credible rumors of upcoming food shortages.
- robjan 7y agoThe insecurity was just caused by people literally filling their trolleys with rice as soon as the store opened every day. The government keeps a huge buffer supply which can be released in the event of genuine emergency.
- jessaustin 7y agoWhy didn't the government use some of the buffer to smooth out this apparently artificial demand spike? That is what every other nation on earth uses its agricultural surplus to do.
- robjan 7y agoBecause there was no emergency and people weren't starving. It just became very inconvenient to go shopping.
- senordevnyc 7y agoThen it doesn’t sound like this was “quite irresponsible” as you claimed, either.