No One Should Starve ; Food Should Be Free
Jesus would damn you to hell
I have strong feelings about feeding the poor, and it’s biblical in nature. No, I’m not a religious zealot but I liked what Jesus said and did. He fed the hungry; if he were here today, he’d send most of us to hell. If you don’t support free school lunches, feeding the homeless, or making food available for free to every man, woman, or child that needs it, you should go to hell.
My opinions on this were formed when I lived in New Mexico. There was a lot of poverty in New Mexico and there’s still a lot of it today. One day, when I was inspecting some bridge work, I ran into an inspector from the City. I had known him for a while because we both worked on another project next to the bridge.
We got to talking about work and then life. I don’t remember how we got onto the topic of poverty but I blurted out, “I think they should give these people free food.”
He got silent and looked me straight in the eye and said, “I don’t want to give those lazy fuckers free food.”
I was left speechless because I never thought someone could be so cruel or insensitive, considering he wore a cross on his neck.
That interaction was just another data point in my awakening that the majority of people are selfish and have the “Fuck you Jack, I got mine” attitude.
We live in an age of plenty. We have never been so abundant with food than ever in the history of the world. So, why do we still have food-insecure families, especially in the wealthiest country in the world?
I wrote this response to an article Jessica wrote:
We live in such an age of abundance but it’s wasted. The world would be radically different if everyone had secure access to food and clean water. The health of people would skyrocket.
Yes, we waste this abundance because it’s not profitable to share. It’s all about the money and the Protestant ethos around work and laziness. If you are perceived to be lazy then you can’t eat.
This level of myopia is interpreted this way by religious zealots who conveniently forget the “lesser among us.”