I would expect the US priority would be giving $33 billion to farmers to aid crop production, and also using those fancy emergency powers to prioritize growth and distribution of grains and feed stock instead of ginseng and canola?
Just food for thought...
Democracy prevents famine. (Amartya Sen) Food shortages would be a sign that the world is nearing the adoption of the China Model.
You no longer live in a constitutional republic either
Legally speaking, our constitution is what defines our country and its government, and the constitution defines a republic, not a democracy. The constitution does not guarantee (or even mention) citizens' rights or privileges to vote. In fact, most citizens had no right to vote for most of our nation's history. The moment they did gain this right was the moment the nation started to fall apart.
However, because our government no longer adheres to its defining document, it could be more accurately said that we live in a failed state. The government is certainly not weak, but the government that the constitution defines is nearly gone, and that makes our constitutional republic a failed state that is occupied by a "democratic" tyranny.
You're not limited to one adjective/noun pair. The truthfulness of the USA being a democratic republic is up for debate, but they have taught that in schools.
I am not talking about a governmental structure, but democracy in that the people are able to replace leadership. If governmental policies cause famine, those starving people will decide on different policies.
Of course, if the famine is due to external forces, the best they can do is share food in a way that minimizes the damage.
Out of curiosity, what's the deal with putting democracy in parentheses like that?
Minor nitpick: freedom & free markets prevent famine. "Democracy" leads to tyranny. See Plato's Five Regimes.
So a small group of wealthy people can buy up all the food and make it unaffordable by everybody else? That can't prevent famine.
Is that what free markets do? So you're telling me that you're unable to go to your local hardware store (even if it's a giant corporate Home Depot store) and purchase heirloom vegetable seeds and plant them in your yard? You don't have $100 to spend on this kind of preparation? How about $1000 to purchase long term food storage and Sawyer water filters, so that you're protected in the event of some kind of catastrophe? If you can't come up with $1100 between now and the time that shit hits the fan for real and you think this is "wealthy people" stuff, you may as well vote for Bernie Sanders or Joseph Stalin and then pray for the best.
Lots of us are here to have serious discussions, you know.