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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except the people who prefer to pay less for their goods and services. They depend on people willing / forced to work for very little; they need the poor.

Also this is not a business where you could hire and fire people based on what is 'needed', and you're not the boss.

These are humans with exactly the same right to food as you.