Food Wars — Starvation Creates Cheaper Labor

Back in 2008, word leaked out on the United Nations website that hunger in the world benefits certain individuals, and the world's economy depends on it continuing.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• In 2008, an article touting the benefits of world hunger for creating a cheap, motivated workforce was published on the United Nations’ website

• The article resurfaced recently on Twitter and went viral; it was promptly taken down by the U.N. within 24 hours

• The crux of the article is that the elite class has a distinct motivation to not e…