Well there are local governments. The federal government can't exert it's control by itself.

I mean. "The Hunger Games" is a real book and series that kind of thoroughly shows just how fucked the United States of America is.

It even matches your point. They lavish food and gifts on the first two districts (District 1 producing luxery goods, and District 2 producing police/armed forces). Then tie the rest into fighting amongst themselves over measly leftovers.

Still didn't last terribly long or peacefully, but multiple generations is still a gut punch.

Or easily preventable disease.

No we already confirmed 6 years ago that wasnt enough.

We don’t need his supporters on our side. It would be nice, but once the rest of us are starving too there’s more of us.

Hopefully though, we can finally get through to them that it’s the ~2000 billionaires or so actively waking up each morning and deciding not to end world hunger that are the actual issue.