In 2022, there is an ongoing food crisis that is resulting in high inflation in food prices and increased food insecurity and hunger.[1][2] In the United States, the wheat crop was affected by a dry winter and a soggy spring which has diminished the output severely.[3]
"Every society is three meals away from chaos" – Lenin
Responses
The bourgeois capitalist-imperialist governments have limited tools to respond to the food crisis without violating their "free market" principals. [4]
The socialist world directs its production in line with the needs of its citizens, which allows for greater food security. Examples of this is China's state-directed advances in food technology, such as the invention of rice that can grow in saltwater. [5]
References
- ↑ "India isn’t the only one banning food exports. These countries are doing the same". CNBC.
- ↑ "With food prices climbing, the U.N. is warning of crippling global shortages" (2022-05-23). NPR.
- ↑ "U.S. wheat crop hit by dry winter then soggy spring, adding to global tightness".
- ↑ Sarah Carlson (2013-05-20). "Food and capitalism: a crisis of waste and destruction" Liberation News.
- ↑ "Food security: This is how China plans to feed its 1.4 billion people". World Economic Forum.