My Google says 700 million in poverty worldwide but it says this about wealth “In 2023, the world’s richest 1% owned 47.5% of the world’s wealth, which is roughly $214 trillion.” So 214 trillion ÷ 700 million ≈ $305,714.28.
“total wealth of the top 1% of American households was $44.6 trillion” perhaps you used this figure instead which is just the US.
I’m pretty sure most people in poverty would be able to fix their situation on $300k.
My take on the food as well is, we have planes that fly everywhere all over the world, celebrities using jets to fly an hour to another city, but there’s no way we could just take some planes and air drop or land and deliver food? It would be pretty damn easy logistically. Of course they should be self-sustaining, but the western world throws away so much food that doesn’t bring a profit, we could absolutely afford to give a lot of it away.
Giving food aid is a terrible idea, except in extreme emergencies (failed harvest/war/pestilence etc.). Food aid makes it more difficult for local farmers to make a subsistence income as they cannot compete against the free food from the west. It’s far better to aid by transferring money directly or by transferring skills (i.e. education).
My Google says 700 million in poverty worldwide but it says this about wealth “In 2023, the world’s richest 1% owned 47.5% of the world’s wealth, which is roughly $214 trillion.” So 214 trillion ÷ 700 million ≈ $305,714.28. “total wealth of the top 1% of American households was $44.6 trillion” perhaps you used this figure instead which is just the US. I’m pretty sure most people in poverty would be able to fix their situation on $300k.
My take on the food as well is, we have planes that fly everywhere all over the world, celebrities using jets to fly an hour to another city, but there’s no way we could just take some planes and air drop or land and deliver food? It would be pretty damn easy logistically. Of course they should be self-sustaining, but the western world throws away so much food that doesn’t bring a profit, we could absolutely afford to give a lot of it away.
Giving food aid is a terrible idea, except in extreme emergencies (failed harvest/war/pestilence etc.). Food aid makes it more difficult for local farmers to make a subsistence income as they cannot compete against the free food from the west. It’s far better to aid by transferring money directly or by transferring skills (i.e. education).
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