Food politics

Although this isn’t exactly a new revelation,nor should it be a shock – it is. Why does this continue? Why does power corrupt so easily? Regardless of the fact this relates to Latin America, it is happening the world over. Yet both the UN and the world’s superpowers turn a blind eye to it all. Although, credit must be given to the UN for at least publishing the information.

Food Bribery

How horrid it is that the political leaders in countries like Zimbabwe, whose majority population is either undernourished or starving, are using food as bribery. Worse yet, they are withholding it from the opposition. Yet this whole situation goes unnoticed in most western media. At best, our government issues a verbal slap on the wrist exclaiming how undemocratic the elections have been. Yet the fact people are hungry and starving is completely ignored. It’s deplorable. I beg to question the legitimacy of democracy and a people’s pursuit there of, if their daily needs are not being met? I wager to guess that people would disregard democracy entirely just to eat today. The fact of is, it takes time for democracy to be implemented – years, even decades. Starving people will likely be dead before democracy is in place and food is evenly distributed. That, however, leads us to the fact that not even democracy can guarantee even food distribution. So they may still be starving regardless of the status of democracy in their country. Since this blog is not an all out political discourse, I will not even begin to engage the discussion of whether democracy is a legitimate form of rule for all people in all countries.