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The article is actually decently well written good-faith satire meant to address how poverty and hunger are inherent to capitalism as a system. The title was just too bold lol

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 142 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

This is such a clickbait, and it backfired.

The actual point conveyed in the article is that world hunger is beneficial for the rich as it allows to operate sweatshops and employ people under tyrannical conditions over low pay, which is not far from modern slavery. Which is super bad for everyone else, hence world hunger must be stopped and rich should get the taste of their own medicine.

But people did react to the headline, and possibly rightfully so.

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reads like a communist shitpost. I can understand the urge to scream into the void but the UN probably isn’t the best forum.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

UN is often about grand messages and general directions. It's not always about forcing direct action - which might be a shame, but UN ain't almighty.

[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

It's not even marginallymighty

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well i didnt read the article but it depends on the framing. Is he defending the capitalist status quo? If yes then he can go die of hunger imo. If the article points out that rich people benefit from hunger and that this is in fact bad, then thats cool.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

He does directly state the latter.

Here's an archived version of the article, courtesy to TheDarkQuark@lemmy.world:

https://archive.is/MObDZ

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What a self own with the title then. Should have changed it to "The beneficiaries of world hunger"

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

That'd be a banger title actually. Nice job! The concept of "benefitting from world hunger" is still bizarre enough for a doubletake, but doesn't instantly piss off 99% of potential readers by headline alone lol.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Decided not to stir it, probably

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah I'm pretty sure the title was a bit of a tragic, click-baity, foot-gun. Lol

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not reading any argument against it.

(Because you aren't hungry enough to debate it)