Seen from space, our planet is one single world. There are no borders, no nations and no religions. Only a planet that shines in the most beautiful colors.
We can only see problems when we zoom in. For example, while in Ethiopia millions of people are dying of hunger - a thousand people a day - people in Europe are dumping millions of dollars worth of food into the ocean. Anyone who looks at that from above must think that humanity is crazy. Millions of people die while mountains of butter and other foods are poured into the sea.
Why do people do that? The concern of the Western world is not Ethiopia. Their concern is how to preserve and save their own economy and status quo. To protect these economic structures, the Western world is ready to destroy food that could save millions of lives. This problem exists worldwide and therefore can only be solved on a global scale. We need global solutions, not narrow-minded nations.
What I see from my bird's eye view is absolutely clear. That there are things somewhere where they are not needed, and in another place life depends on them. A sensible redistribution of these things is enough to sustain and improve the lives of everyone on this planet. Things have to go where they are needed.
We are one humanity on a single planet. Politics, segregation and religion are useless. They only lead to doom.
The last time America sank its food in the sea, it cost several million dollars to sink it. This is not the value of the products, but only the cost of transport to the sea and for sinking.
The Americans would not even have to send their food to Africa. In the own country of this proud nation, there are thirty million people who do not have enough money for food and therefore suffer from malnutrition. Why not simply distribute the food to their own people?
When you feed thirty million people for free, others start to wonder why they should pay for their food. Then the prices fall. When prices fall, farmers will not want to produce anything anymore. For what? And so, for fear of confusing the economy, they let thirty million people starve to death on the streets while at the same time they dump surplus production further into the sea.
Our problems have put us in a situation where we have to ditch old traditions and conditioning. Because it is precisely these conditioning, our educational systems, and beliefs that humans have followed until today that have contributed to this crisis.
This global suicide is the result of all our cultures, all our philosophies and all of our religions. They all contributed in winding ways. Because no one has ever had the big picture in mind.
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STOPIn the States, we actually do have many organizations that are doing just that: taking surplus and expired food from restaurants, stores and individual donors; and distributing it to soup kitchens, food banks and individuals in need.
Second Harvest is one of the largest, and is a national charity working in every state, but there are also a wealth of smaller local charities, many of which are based in churches, that are doing the same in their own communities.
Also, a lot of gardening groups have a program for vegetable gardeners to "plant a row for charity," with the vegetables usually going to local food banks, homeless shelters and nursing homes.
I know that such efforts exist in Europe as well, though not living there, I don't know as much about them.
There is still a lot of food wasted, which needs to stop, but more and more of it is actually going to help people in need.
And, quite frankly, We the People are FAR better at helping others than our government has EVER been, particularly with our current den of cretins in power. We have to help others in spite of our government, rather then with their help, as it should be.
Shameless cowards, the lot of them.
Hello @crescendoofpeace
You're right. There are actually a few initiatives that are working to solve the problem. The big problem is the unfair distribution of food. Our agriculture is so productive today that it could feed anyone on earth. There should be no hunger in the world.
Unfortunately, you can earn money with food. As long as that is the case, corporations will continue to dump food to keep market prices high.
Love and peace
#changetheearth
As long as there is money there will be corruption, and as long as there are governments, they will be corrupted by money and power. This is as old as civilization.
We are on the same page. I've followed you, and am interested to see your future posts on the topic. Peace!