I actually disagree with this quite a lot, especially in relation to the US and most of the first world. The amount of overproduction that happens so that there can be 100 different varieties of potato chips and breakfast cereals in your typical western grocery store alone is staggering. 30% of the food Americans buy ends up spiling before it's used and that isnt evem counting all the perfectly good stuff that's thrown out because it didn't sell. The productive forces which have been built up in the west are probably enough to feed, clothe and house the entire planet 2-3x over. I understand that a lot of work needs to go into unfucking ecosystems, but I think you're underestimating just how much overproduction happens in the west, and specifically the US.