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No, they survive on subsistence farming regardless of what any cities do. That's the definition of subsistence farming. I agree that the situation in cities wo
by empthought 4y ago
No, they survive on subsistence farming regardless of what any cities do. That's the definition of subsistence farming.
I agree that the situation in cities would be dire, but over 40% of people live in rural areas and half of them are already growing their own food.
- medvezhenok 4y agoWell, the point is if the cities can’t feed themselves the people would go out into the countryside to search for food, and food wars would break out. So even if you have your own farms, property rights are basically over under a catastrophe of that scale
- baybal2 4y ago> So even if you have your own farms, property rights are basically over under a catastrophe of that scale 1. And for the same reason, just any kind of government will be forced to seize land from vapid hipsters, and grow something edible on it, along with enforcing at least minimal rationing. 2. 1/3 of food in the world is wasted > consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food, 222 million tonnes, as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa A healthy young adult can live a heck a lot of time on one bag of staple foods.