Mastodawn

The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash. If it goes it down, we’re looking, as complex societies, at a potential termination event. This week's column. Please read it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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iwein

I don't like to feed fear too much, because it sometimes incapacitates people from taking action. However, the more I talk to people about the mechanics of the global food system, the more I believe that most people simply don't believe that we could see a collapse that makes virtually all commercial vendors of food run out of supply. So what does your gut say? Will we see a _global_ famine in our life time?

#food #climateChange #metaCrisis #polyCrisis

	Never happened, never will
	I'm not sure, probably not
	I'm not sure, but it worries me
	The rate we're going, it's only a matter of time

Poll ends at Apr 1 at 10:16am.