Feed the world.

So we have 416,000,000 people with no money, no future to plan for, who will die young and don’ have a lot to do with their time. Is there a problem with this picture? Isn’t it obvious people with out much to live for are going to be just a little pissed (assuming they can think about anything apart from where the next meal is coming from)?

Of course they are going to be easily lead. They have no or little education and chances are superstition already rules their life. They are going to be angry. They are going to believe anyone who promised a better future – even if the delivery date is after they die. Generating hatred of the West and the US in particular easy in that environment.

Now imagine if the billion dollars a day that is being spent occupying Iraq was distributed amongst the poorest fifth of the worlds population. Imagine if it was ‘no strings attached’ – Give me your name and I will give you a dollar a day. Spend it on what ever you want. A daily gift from friends in the West spread out so thin that big time corruption would be difficult.

Imagine the impact of this influx of cash to these countries. Money circulates – it buys things. Sometimes it buys things that can create more wealth or provide education or health. Sometimes it buys misery and death in the form of weapons. Select individuals from these countries will become much richer. Good, hopefully they would spend their money on local goods and services before buying imports.

I guess it would all fall apart for dictatorships, left or right, where the poorest of the poor live. I can’t see any obvious solution for those places.