The problem with world hunger is that rich, powerful governments are more than happy to send guns and money to dictators and despots who'll use food to control their populations and line their pockets. There is no ‘world hunger' problem. There's a corruption problem. There's a greed problem. There's a gullibility problem....”
"So there's a corruption problem,” I said. "Point taken. How about if we make a solution for the corruption problem, then? Maybe we could build some kind of visualizer that shows you if your Congresscritter is taking campaign contributions from companies and then voting for laws that benefit them? (Cory Doctorow)

The problem with world hunger is that rich, powerful governments are more than happy to send guns and money to dictators and despots who'll use food to control their populations and line their pockets. There is no ‘world hunger' problem. There's a corruption problem. There's a greed problem. There's a gullibility problem....” "So there's a corruption problem,” I said. "Point taken. How about if we make a solution for the corruption problem, then? Maybe we could build some kind of visualizer that shows you if your Congresscritter is taking campaign contributions from companies and then voting for laws that benefit them?

Cory Doctorow

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