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Originally posted by neewwman
People don't die of hunger because of lack of food or money. They die because of incompetent, corrupt, command-and-control governments (like North Korea's). Our wealth in the U.S. is due to what is left of freedom and capitalism. For us to try to feed all the world's poor would just be to fling money at a black hole, impoverishing ourselves while making very little difference. The only solution to world hunger is development of institutions of constitutional government, freedom, and capitalism.
Compare:
North and South Korea
West Germany and East Germany (before end of cold war)
Hong Kong and mainland China
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I didn't know people died of hunger in East Germany...