A Boring Dystopia

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A perfect visualisation of a wasteful system (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Which things? Because all historical sources show that the bottom 10% had all the bare necessities for life. They didn't have luxury apartments, but they had a roof. They weren't eating steak every night, but they had more caloric input and healthier diets than US citizens.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

historical sources

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How do you feel about a CIA report on behalf of the department of agriculture? https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000498133.pdf

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I’m trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, so I’ll edit this comment if I find more relevant information, but so far I’ve only found one paragraph related to food inequality, and it seems to disagree with you:

the figures shown represent average nutrient levels on a per capita per day basis for the USSR as a whole. They do not indicate the differences that exist in the diets of different population groups, which preliminary research indicates are substantial.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem isn't lack of shelter. There's enough shelter available for the homeless. They just choose not to use it because it comes with rules like no drugs and (often) no pets.

[–] BeneGesseritWitch 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No there's not enough shelter available for the homeless. Shelters have occupancy limits and especially in the US most states do not have enough space. Some states have less than half the beds needed to shelter their states homeless population. https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/#homeless-assistance-in-america