Thursday, May 14, 2020

The dangerous power of poverty

Hunger does not have reason and does not obey rules ... it turns into a fuel more dangerous than gasoline.

Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezezula, Ulises Gutiérrez

1 comment:

Andreas said...

Great quote, here is another one from Henry Kissinger: “Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.” US strategy deliberately destroyed family farming in the US and abroad and led to 95% of all grain reserves in the world being under the control of six multinational agribusiness corporations.

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