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All these advances you describe have made food vastly more affordable to everyone. Not that long ago millions of Americans died of pellagra for a reason. > "Si
by ajmurmann 3y ago
All these advances you describe have made food vastly more affordable to everyone. Not that long ago millions of Americans died of pellagra for a reason.
> "Since America doesn't make anything"
The top exports of United States are Refined Petroleum ($83.3B), Petroleum Gas ($70.9B), Crude Petroleum ($67.6B), Cars ($55.4B), and Integrated Circuits ($51.3B)
sauce: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa#latest-data https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa#latest-data
>"That meat gets sent abroad to places like China where they make more money than you and are able to afford the original product you are now priced out of."
Why would the original product get more expensive if people like it and supply continues? There is now increased supply in comparable products which brings prices down. Also, China is a quite poor country. The median income is $4,500.
- azmarks 3y agoPeople died of Pellagra for political and racism reasons. See: https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2021/09/03/hunger-in-the-heart-of-empire-pellagra-in-the-united-states/ https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2021/09/03/hunger-in-the...