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I'm sorry to send a very dissenting opinion there, but it's not about a broken window fallacy, the economy, the environment, obesity or anything else - it is ju

by guylhem 14y ago

I'm sorry to send a very dissenting opinion there, but it's not about a broken window fallacy, the economy, the environment, obesity or anything else - it is just morally wrong. I know we make enough food to feed anyone on the planet, but it doesn't mean throwing away food is morally acceptable. Call it a taboo or whatever - I still remember when as I kid I was invited to a friend birthday and we ended the party by running a burger-thowing contest. It felt wrong then, and it still does now. Even if we make far more food than we could possibly consume, food like water and oxygen is something special - something we humans require to exist. We can survive without shelter and medicines. We can't without food, something which certainly helped giving it a "special place" in our list of taboos. Considering it as something just like any other good does not resonate with my values - even as a hacker who would otherwise consider that a non-issue if applied to say mice and keyboards. We are the most spoiled 1% of the humanity and we act like we don't care - that might be acceptable depending on one's philosophy, but NOT for the crucial things mere survival depends upon. Sorry, but it's just plain wrong.

joshlegs 14y ago
So, you're saying we are the 1%? Actually i was thinking about this issue the other day with regard to that 99% movement not too long back. We really do have more than we could ever need in the US, and should honestly try to be responsible with it
- guylhem 14y ago
  I do. We are the 1% - from which we can try to separate another 1%, but there's no point unless one's only drive is jealousy, because somebody will always have more. The problem is when a 1% behaves in a way that tries to hold back the others, does not scale - or even just conflicts with the moral values of the 99%. Like in throwing away food.
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by guylhem 14y ago

joshlegs 14y ago

So, you're saying we are the 1%? Actually i was thinking about this issue the other day with regard to that 99% movement not too long back. We really do have more than we could ever need in the US, and should honestly try to be responsible with it

guylhem 14y ago
I do. We are the 1% - from which we can try to separate another 1%, but there's no point unless one's only drive is jealousy, because somebody will always have more. The problem is when a 1% behaves in a way that tries to hold back the others, does not scale - or even just conflicts with the moral values of the 99%. Like in throwing away food.

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