• Bernie2028
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    So I decided to look up the US and see how it compares.

    Whataboutism.

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        1 year ago

        An unnecessary comparison. I’m talking about 1 in 40 Chinese people facing hunger, this has absolutely nothing to do with America.

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          It does because you’re claiming that the system that America is the best example of: letting the free market run food security, is superior to what China is doing. This is an incorrect statement as proven by statistics.

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            It does because you’re claiming that the system that America is the best example of: letting the free market run food security

            Putting words in my mouth.

            Also you used a different metric from the metric I used. China and America have the exact same (2.5%) hunger rate using the same source. Typical Hexbear lying.

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                You’re using a different source than I used. Look at the US hunger rate under the same definition as the China hunger rate. Different sources have looser ways of defining hunger.

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                    The source on that “shady website” is the world bank and it’s fucking linked right on the website.

                    The united states government has a looser way of defining hunger in their own country than the world bank?

                    Yes. A rich country might internally define hunger as anyone dealing with food insecurity, an international organization looking largely at 2nd and 3rd world countries would have stricter definitions.

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              Putting words in my mouth.

              You’re being facetious: How do you expect underpaid, overworked farmers to turn a profit and provide for their families if you’re making them grow a bunch of dirt cheap rice?

              There is no other way to interpret this comment other than demanding the farmer(s) sell the product of their choice at the market, favoring the individual over the collective here.

              China and America have the exact same (2.5%) hunger rate using the same source.

              Because the PRC is still a developing country, and their hunter rate was much worse in the past, that means (pretending your lies and misdirection are real) they are improving to close the gap and ensure food security.

              Again, all of your posts boil down to:

              wojak-nooo : NOOO YOU HAVE TO HATE CHINA!! SEESEEPEE BOTS NOOOO!! STOP GIVING ME COUNTERARGUMENTS!! NOOO!! HATE CHINA WITH ME!! NO!!!

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      Nah it’s pointing out how the approach you suggest (let the free market decide what’s profitable to grow for food security) is inferior to what China is doing.