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> We still need people to make things. There are still guys hanging off the side of garbage trucks every day and people still pick fruits by hand. If no one doe

> We still need people to make things. There are still guys hanging off the side of garbage trucks every day and people still pick fruits by hand. If no one does these things, you will starve and die. Sure. There are also millions of unemployed and disabled people who don't work, and we haven't suddenly starved and died. On the contrary, we just throw away billions of pounds of food each year[1]. So it seems that the problem isn't a shortage of workers. Meanwhile, though, people are starving and dying, in the US, at higher levels than any other industrialized nation, because our social safety net is inadequate. So if you are worried about people starving and dying, maybe look at what actually is causing people to starve and die. [1] https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs

kuzimoto 6y ago
> Meanwhile, though, people are starving and dying, in the US, at higher levels than any other industrialized nation, because our social safety net is inadequate. Yes the death rate is higher in US than a lot of other countries, but overall it is quite low. According to this page [0], it's .64 per 100,000. As of May 20th the population was 329,672,928 [1]. Comes to a total of about 2110 people or 0.0000064 of the population. While tragic nonetheless, is an extremely small number. [0] https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/malnutrition/by-country/ https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/malnutrit... [1] https://www.census.gov/popclock/ https://www.census.gov/popclock/