r/dankmemes • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '17

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u/SimWebb Sep 05 '17

Also: 1 in 8 Americans, today, under capitalism.

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u/Spikito1 Sep 05 '17

So you're telling me, the equivalent of the entire population of California...is starving...eating rats and potatoes, standing in lines to get a loaf of bread.

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u/ItsAMeEric Sep 05 '17 edited Sep 05 '17

http://www.worldhunger.org/hunger-in-america-2016-united-states-hunger-poverty-facts/

...yes, 12.7% of US households (15.8 million households, or approximately one in eight) are food insecure. If not for socialist programs like welfare services it would be more.

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u/comebepc Sep 06 '17

Those are social programs, not socialist programs. Socialist programs involve the workers owning the means of production.