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Were neon in this cyberpunk dystopia (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, death by malnutrition is what they call it. But it does still happen in the US. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-04-13/deaths-from-malnutrition-have-more-than-doubled-in-the-u-s

That said... the USA is just a small part of society.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From that article:

Malnutrition is particularly common among older people, especially those who are ill, low-income, homebound, or without reliable access to healthy food or medical services

Notice how they keep referencing “healthy food”.

Starvation is not a lack of access to “healthy food”. Starvation is a lack of access to “any food”. Insufficient calories.

Starvation looks like this: https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:460/1*CdO7eSjb3Qsn-MN16cbZ3w.jpeg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In this case that is a distinction without a difference. People are still dieing.