The Empty Plate Problem: Why the Hell Haven’t We Ended World Hunger?

The Empty Plate Problem: Why the Hell Haven’t We Ended World Hunger?

By RICHIE D MOWREY for The Sassy Gazette (The Gossip You Didn’t Know You Needed)

Let’s get something straight: world hunger isn’t a mystery, a tragedy, or a natural disaster. It’s a choice. A man-made disaster dressed up in bureaucracy, greed, and indifference. And we’re sick of pretending it’s complicated. Because you know what’s complicated? Assembling IKEA furniture. You know what’s not? Feeding people.

Every year, the world produces enough food to feed 10 billion people and yet, almost 800 million still go hungry. That’s not scarcity. That’s stupidity. It’s a logistics failure wrapped in economic injustice and seasoned with a hearty dose of political cowardice.

Meanwhile, billionaires are launching themselves into space, influencers are filming mukbangs for millions of views, and the planet’s richest nations are tossing out nearly 40% of their food. If irony were edible, we’d be golden.

So, why haven’t we ended hunger? Simple: because the people in charge don’t want to.

It’s Not a Charity Case. It’s a Justice Issue.

Let’s kill the narrative that hunger only happens in “poor countries.” Hunger lives everywhere on your street, in your schools, behind the polite smiles at church bake sales. It hides in plain sight because we let it. Because it’s easier to tweet “thoughts and prayers” than demand structural change.

Ending world hunger isn’t about handing out food and patting ourselves on the back. It’s about dismantling systems that prioritize profits over people. It’s about:

• Funding female farmers who grow the damn food but can’t own the land.

• Holding global powers accountable for war zones that starve entire populations.

• Reshaping climate policy so the next drought doesn’t wipe out dinner.

• Slapping a “WASTE NOT, YOU JACKASS” sticker on every overstocked fridge in the West.

But Why Should You Care?

Because your comfort is built on someone else’s collapse. Because justice doesn’t stop at your country’s border. Because if we can manufacture AI girlfriends, edible glitter, and meatless bacon, we sure as hell can feed every human being on this earth.

And because we at The Sassy Gazette believe this: no one should die hungry while billionaires hoard food, money, or followers.

The Bottom Line:

Hunger isn’t a lack of food. It’s a lack of guts from our leaders, our corporations, and sometimes, ourselves. But it’s not too late to grow a conscience. We can fix this.

So here’s your call to action, darlings: demand policy change, vote like lives depend on it, donate to real solutions not savior selfies and stop pretending you don’t see what’s right in front of you.

Because until we end hunger, we’re all starving for decency.