> Do you know that it wasn't until 1800 or so, and only in the US, where the ever-present spectre of famine was eliminated? Economies simply were unable to prod

> Do you know that it wasn't until 1800 or so, and only in the US, where the ever-present spectre of famine was eliminated? Economies simply were unable to produce enough food. It wasn't that the rich were eating it all. There just wasn't enough food. There's no way to sugarcoat it - this is completely false. There were many regions around the world that were prosperous, many for far longer than the United States has been around. Humans have been smart for a long time, far longer than our current global technological civilization... [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_India [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_before_1912 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_befo... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_world [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Mongol_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Mongol_Empire [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_economy [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Economy [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_economy [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_Ottoman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_Ottoma... [9] https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/blighted-by-empire-what-the-british-did-to-india/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/blighted-by-empire-what-... [10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_economy#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_economy#History [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt#Government_and_economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt#Government_and_e... [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_agriculture [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation#Mature_Harappan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation#Matu... [14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Africa [15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia#History [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztecs#Economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztecs#Economy [17] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Inca_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Inca_Empire