There’s probably going to be a famine or famines due to lack of, and expense, of fertilizer resulting in less food for the developing world.

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munk-a 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It really does seem like this war of choice was[1] an absolutely boneheaded idea. It's the kind of thing (and specifically, the lack of consequences or measures to prevent it from being repeated in Cuba or Greenland) that highlights how broken American politics are right now.

1. Not even in retrospect - intelligence agencies knew this was a significant risk and I'd bet your average person on the streets would have come to the realization that it was a bad idea if they thought about it for like a week.

	▲	amelius 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We're talking about 4D chess here /s

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dgellow 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Add to that the USAID shutdown and other impacts to humanitarian relief caused by the DOGE team. It’s all coming together for a really nightmarish time for developing countries

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munk-a 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm not certain how recently you were in the grocery store but it's getting pretty serious in developed countries as well - not famine levels, for sure, but meat prices in Canada are going crazy right now and we're just feeling the first wave of the supply shocks - this will get a lot worse before it gets better.

	▲	dgellow an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I do not eat meat so I couldn’t say. I haven’t yet seen large increases in Germany for what I buy but I wouldn’t be surprised if the overall prices have been trending up. Not yet to the Covid era, where I could see the rice increase in price every time I would do groceries — and it still hasn’t come down :(
	▲	ornornor an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Perfect time to explore alternatives to eating meat.

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iugtmkbdfil834 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Despite being positioned in a way that should shield from the more immediate impacts, I keep wondering if that would actually happen at this point. Most parties seem to try hard to avoid the actual conflict and while not escalating further won't save this year's crops, it shouldn't mean that people will automatically die. It may mean, however, that people will not be able to eat what they want, which, in turn, would mean shortages.

edit; grammar and syntax for clarity

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mooreds 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahlH32Lprto is a video from Peter Zeihan covering that exact topic.

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boooring999 4 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

except trade in Africa is booming, faster than any other region. food is the last item to be cut down.

sorry to spoil your predictable and boring narrative

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tty456 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Trump couldn't care less