Bullshit it doesn't happen in the west. 12.8% of US households were considered food insecure in 2022, with 5.1% of that being considered to have VERY low food security(Source). Over 20,000 Americans died of malnutrition in 2022, more than double the number in 2018(Source).

There's also nearly 30 vacant homes for every 1 homeless person in the US, so there's plenty of room, too. Nobody needs a 2nd home when over half a million people don't even have one.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Show me one photograph of a person starving in the west.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the west, the main cause of malnutrition isn't a lack of calories, but a difficulty in access (from availability or price or other factors) to healthy foods with the required nutrition for a healthy life or from an excess of certain nutrients. This is often manifested as conditions such a obesity and type II diabetes. So malnutrition does impact people in the west.

[–] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe you should have actually read that article before linking it. It discusses in detail the reasons for malnutrition being an issue, and none of those reasons is being unable to afford food. The problems are typically due to age and diseases.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

I’ve been unable to afford food before, and I didn’t go hungry. People just gave me tons of free food.