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I don't know, maybe it is just me, but letting millions starve is pretty fucking cold hearted and, in a very abstract sense, evil.
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That's a big problem. In the '50s and '60s we shipped much of our extra grains to 3rd world countries, mostly in Africa. Great right? Free food for impoverished countries.
Well unfortunately it set off a horrible chain of events. The sudden influx of food caused a crash in the local economies (agri-based). Suddenly it cost farmers more to grow their own food than walk the 100+ miles to the nearest refugee camp. The sudden influx of lots of free food also caused a population boom. The US caught heat for ruining the economies, and those countries stopped accepting the food to try to revert back to the old situation. Unfortunately it caused massive starving that continues today.
Evil? Yes. Unfortunately it's a lose-lose situation.