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Possibly the best thing that could be done for humanity in the next hundred years is to solve the lack of empathy for individuals and groups of people we have not met. I think if you had some friends in Africa that would be affected by your solution, you would feel very differently.

I am not picking on you here--I think this is a failing in the way we're wired that some part of us (including me) can consider tragedy at that scale as a possible solution.

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Possibly the best thing that could be done for humanity in the next hundred years is to solve the lack of empathy for individuals and groups of people we have not met

I assumed that was one of the roles of religions, but they seem to have a difficult time getting the idea to stick in the majority of their believers.

Do you seriously believe that subsidies of western farmers is helping people in Africa? What is the "tragedy as a possible solution" you are speaking of?

Honestly, my mistake.

I read something that made sense to me which was that OP was objecting to subsidies to African countries--not subsidies for Western farmers. My objection makes no sense in the context of what OP actually said.

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