Comment Re:I'm an asshole, and I'm proud of it. (Score 1) 362
There are a bunch of reasons. For instance, the infant mortality rates have been curbed by modern medicine, but the people still have large numbers of kids. Used to be this was offset by only a few making it, but now a lot more do, and the culture hasn't had a chance to adjust to this yet.
Another reason for the starvation is that some fast food chains buy out the prime farmland in some third world countries to grow food for their cows, which will make burgers. The undesirable farmland is left to grow food for the populations. Greenpeace was saying this in the 80s and got sued by one of the fast food companies, but were able to show evidence of this in court that more than 50 percent of world hunger was caused by the major fast-food company of the time.
Another reason for the starvation is that some fast food chains buy out the prime farmland in some third world countries to grow food for their cows, which will make burgers. The undesirable farmland is left to grow food for the populations. Greenpeace was saying this in the 80s and got sued by one of the fast food companies, but were able to show evidence of this in court that more than 50 percent of world hunger was caused by the major fast-food company of the time.
