My point is that the image would have you believe they don’t exist “because capitalism,” when in fact they do have them, and I know this because I volunteer and fucking hate potato day.
Something (intuition I suppose) also tells me that they also exist/have existed in socialist countries, and monarchies, etc, and I’d argue the soviet union’s breadlines were actually an example of a food bank by a different name, seeing as both serve the same function (passing out free food to the hungry), and that “free food locations” by whatever name under whatever communist utopia you envision would also be indistinguishable from food banks, and even if we get the replicators, those are food ATMs (pun, 'cause “bank” lol.)
I’ll make sure to tell the food bank this next time I volunteer, they wouldn’t want to go against capitalism after all.
Capitalism is not the reason for food banks being possible, but it is the reason for them being necessary.
My point is that the image would have you believe they don’t exist “because capitalism,” when in fact they do have them, and I know this because I volunteer and fucking hate potato day.
Something (intuition I suppose) also tells me that they also exist/have existed in socialist countries, and monarchies, etc, and I’d argue the soviet union’s breadlines were actually an example of a food bank by a different name, seeing as both serve the same function (passing out free food to the hungry), and that “free food locations” by whatever name under whatever communist utopia you envision would also be indistinguishable from food banks, and even if we get the replicators, those are food ATMs (pun, 'cause “bank” lol.)
I think everyone is generally aware of food banks.
I would try not to worry about it too much.
What, me worry?