A Modest Proposal for Solving Food Insecurity

A Modest Proposal for Solving Food Insecurity.

by Franklin Eastcote Forbes III, Ph.D’s

Unfortunately food insecurity is a massive problem in the world today. While it might not be obvious to the average person living in developed Western countries there are still many people who go to bed hungry every night especially in the global South. As a man of immense compassion and expertise the government of Zambia recently hired me to study their problem of food insecurity. I accepted Zambia’s offer to give my advice on the issue, pro-bono of course.

In the course of studying the issue I have come up with solution to the problem of food insecurity not only in Zambia but also in the world. We should approach the problem of food insecurity though the lens of promoting the greatest good for the greatest number. We must understand that there are objective clear cut answers to the problem of global food insecurity and that we have a moral duty to solve this problem. Elites have a special responsibility to communicate solutions to the masses about how they are to be feed. In all my humility I recognize the fact that there will be resistance to my plan for ending food insecurity yet the plan must go forward despite the resistance and whatever the costs. I remind the reader that in order to break an omelet you must crack a few eggs. Here is my plan in two easy steps.

1.      Increased population control

The virtues of population control have been lauded but it has not lived up to its potential. I propose that the legal rights of personhood start at the age of eight, thereby giving parents the right of infanticide for the first seven years of their offspring’s lives. Parenting is a burden for so many and I suppose many regret initiating the process. Increased infanticide with lead to significantly fewer mouths to feed while giving parents more free time to pursue economically beneficial activities. I am well aware that many parents will be hesitant to take advantage of this new right but with time surely the culture will change for the better. Seven years will give parents the opportunity to figure out if their offspring will give more well-being to the world than it will take away. Scientific formulas can be devised to help guide parents in predicting the expected contribution of their offspring to society.

2.   Limit over consumption and sedentary lifestyles

The danger of over consuming food combined with sedentary lifestyles has been demonstrated to cause decreased well-being. It is time we got serious about diet and exercise among the masses. The dietary habits and exercise habits of populations should be subject to government oversight, social workers can be trained to carry out this task. By monitoring diets we will be able to put an end to over consumption of foodstuffs.