> Who would build any sort of factory if they did not know that many people would be available to take the jobs at low-pay rates? > Much of the hunger literatu

> Who would build any sort of factory if they did not know that many people would be available to take the jobs at low-pay rates? > Much of the hunger literature talks about how it is important to assure that people are well fed so that they can be more productive. That is nonsense. No one works harder than hungry people. Yes, people who are well nourished have greater capacity for productive physical activity, but well-nourished people are far less willing to do that work. This is literally how capitalism started and maintains itself: remove all other options for subsistence besides wage-work (e.g. taking away previous rights via enclosure), and then hunger becomes your overseer that compels people to labor for you.