Imperialism, not population, behind food crisis
Editor's note: Kelly Nash is a former UNL
student. He currently is a University
employe.
In a Daily Nebraskan guest opinion
(Friday, Nov. 22), Chip Treen told readers
that overpopulation is the cause of the
current food crisis, and that this crisis cannot
be solved without "harsh, cruel, inhumane
and definitely imperialist action" by the
United States. Such irresponsible and
thoughtless arguments must be examined
carefully.
Take a look at present populations. India is
crowded; Africa and Latin America are not.
The U.S. is not crowded; the Motherlands and
Japan are. Population has nothing to do with
the food crisis. Imperialism does.
Any sixth grader should know that the
United States' six per cent of the world's
population consumes over two-thirds of the
world's resources. We live in the world's
industrial center and extract raw materials
from the "undeveloped" countries to main
tain our standard of living.
Our domination of the world's food market
is much greater and more dangerous that
Arab oil control. It gives .us the means to
blackmail the developing countries for raw
materials.
"The only
involves a
Treen's guest opinion says,
other answer to the problem
massive redistribution of the world's wealth,
so resources might be used more equally.
This possibility is so far from reality, it need
not be considered."
Fortunately, the developing countries
aren't falling for this; They know the
developed countries are engaged in a
massive redistribution of the world's wealth
right now.
The Third World bloc presented a strategy
at the recent food conference held in Rome,
which the United States conveniently
ignored the issue of international agricul
tural adjustment. That is, increasing food
production in these countries, coupled with
lowered tariff barriers and price adjustments.
As expected, this strategy was ignored by
the industrial nations because it would mean
a cut in their profits. Instead, the developed
nations point to population control as the
solution. There are three reasons for this:
The spectre of masses of poor people
coming over the horizon for the goods they
are due.
Population control provides a convenient
testing ground for new birth control
products. In Puerto Rico, for example, over
one-third of the women have been sterilized.
In this country, pharmaceutical manufactur
ers give welfare workers free birth control
products which have yet to be proven safe.
Women on welfare become their guinea pigs.
Finally, the so-called population explo
sion is a convenient and ambiguous
scapegoat for the excesses of imperialism.
The truth is closer to heme.
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