You're right, it's a complex web of incentives, power (im)balances, sociopolitical inertia, legalisms, etc Nonetheless the fact remains that we have consistent

You're right, it's a complex web of incentives, power (im)balances, sociopolitical inertia, legalisms, etc Nonetheless the fact remains that we have consistently produced more than enough food for everybody for half a century and so far have refused or failed to distribute it equitably This is an observation, not a value judgment, I don't have an answer to the question "could it be any other way"