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People don't die because we don't have enough food. If there were not enough food, those people would survive a week or so, and would be long dead.

People are dying because they are restricted from moving to areas with enough food. They are not dying because we lack food in the world.

Be very careful with this line of argumentation, because the surface scratching articles in papers are different from what the reality of the situation in the world is.




I agree, with one caveat: I'm not sure I see a difference between having enough food but not having access to it v. not having enough food. People are still dying, whether quickly or slowly.

An issue is that we live in areas that cannot locally sustain a population, thus relying on a supply system to survive.




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