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Page 88 - The World is FAT. Most people in the developing world are now overweight than hungry.
That farmers produce enough food for every person on earth to eat enough BUT for political conflict, natural disasters, and rural poverty. We cannot fix the disasters that may befall us, but we can take action when political conflicts occur. rather than sitting on our butts and explaining how we cannot bring them democracy and its none of our business and it costs too much, we should instead understand it as a matter of international importance that we do intervene to bring stability to save people from starvation. It is a moral imperative. To not act is immoral.
In Brazil, 37% of adults are overweight or obese.
In Egypt, the number is 59%.
In Mexico, 70% are overweight or obese.
China - 28%.
Yet, 1/8 of the world's people do not have enough to eat - because of natural events (droughts) and political conflicts.
We must understand that failure to act will make us complicit in the deaths of the millions who will starve. It is not our right to sit by and watch because it does not affect us, because they are black, because they are not imminent threats. It is a moral imperative to use what resources we have to change the conditions even if it does mean military force. A million will starve or thousands may die.
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