Reply #22: It is truly a unique period in history [View All]

[krispos42]

There has never been a time where so many have so much to eat. Historically fatness was a sign of prosperity, of connection and wealth.

It does serve to highlight (and underline, and boldface) the difference between wealthy and poor countries, the contrast between the land of plenty and the land of poverty.

Unfortunately, now we have to fight thousands of generations of instincts regarding food storage in our bodies. Our instincts say "eat as much as you can before the next famine!!!!", and that is now killing us, as Bill Mahr notes in "When you Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden". And it probably isn't helping our image in the world. Not hurting it much, perhaps, but not helping any.

Well, with any luck Bush will cause a worldwide economic collapse due to the inability of the US to pay 9 trillion dollars in bonded national debt. Then it will be every man for himself as the agriculture and financial systems collapse. I don't know what the people in New York City or Los Angeles will eat when there's no food to ship to them. Pigeons, I guess.

Good thing I live in a farm state. Mmmmmmm.... corn, pheasant, and venison.