https://mobile.twitter.com/Gritty20202/status/1483110307417444359

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    How does the amount of food people eat/ate in Eastern Europe compare to how much people get to eat in poor countries today? Compared to any country in LatAm or the Caribbean or most places in Asia.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I don't know, but if I recall correctly the average USSR citizen in the 80s consumed more calories than the average US citizen in the 80s.

      • Terkrockerfeller [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah, fwiw more of them were carbs (bread and potatoes probably) and selection was non-existent (my mom often jokes they had 2 varieties of chocolate/salami/tea/anything else: Available or Unavailable), but they certainly weren't starving

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I don't remember the source at all, but I recall reading the average Cuban consumes close to 3000 calories per day

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      How does the amount of food people eat/ate in Eastern Europe compare to how much people get to eat in poor countries today?

      insanely better, particularly with meat. That picture comes out to 1/5th lb of meat per day. Try affording that as the global poor in literally any 3rd world country