@sebinsua those communities exist for about 6 billion living humans.
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@pookleblinky I was referring to globalisation so yes 6 billion.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sebinsua bear in mind if you are white and live in the West, you're in the <14% of humanity which lacks these communities you want1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@pookleblinky I know. Comment was related to whole GDPs being underpinned by few vegetables. A knife to throat of poor countries.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@pookleblinky Transport costs might increase and fix this, but people will need to relocalise production if that happens.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sebinsua note that only 1% of this tiny minority actually farms. Yet it thinks it knows better than the billions1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @pookleblinky
@pookleblinky Okay. I was "educated" that globalisation had terrible effects on the poor, inequality, poverty, etc.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@pookleblinky "All too frequently, the poor in fertile developing countries stand by watching with empty hands-and empty stomachs-1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@pookleblinky while ample harvests are exported for hard cash. Short-term profits for a few, long-term losses for many."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@pookleblinky Bear in mind these are activist articles, but: http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/TWG20ResurgenceMar10.pdf … http://www.panap.net/sites/default/files/rg_globalisationandrice.pdf …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@pookleblinky Soylent is an experiment by its makers for its makers - not altruistic at all. But
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Replying to @nouswaves
@pookleblinky forcing rice to be even cheaper than it would be locally and then calling that a social good doesn't work for me.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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