If we were to redistribute the wealth now, people would spend it on flat-screen televisions, plastic house ornaments and drugs. You can't redistribute taste and good sense
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those things are cheap compared to food
Only if the family is ill-informed enough that they regularly buy crisps, sweets, alcohol and breaded meat ready-meals. A £600 tablet can feed a family of four for at least 5 months
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And being ill-informed is the problem. Many people in poverty have no idea about nutrition because they come from a long line of dependents
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There isn't going to be any reconciliation between us on that because you believe that peoples habits can be explained entirely by material factors
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Well, exactly. I believe in intuition and you believe in evidence-based approaches, which seldom work.
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*deletes rational response and buys 600quid of
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that could feed a family of four for five days
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That would work out at about a pound per person per day lol, I guess they manage on less in the third world but that's tricky
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Sorry, I meant 5 weeks*
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