He was aware

John Kenneth Galbraith: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

Doc,
My wife just told me that Virginia had a law on the books, put in 1806, that freed slaves were required to leave the state within one year.
Jefferson complained that the law made emancipation difficult.
If Jefferson had freed his slaves, they would have been required to leave their families.
Yes....life with Clio's disciples is always interesting.

#99 | Posted by BillJohnson a

John Kenneth Galbraith: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

Fair nuff lol

Meanwhile, meanwhile, idiots like rf4b ignore the point of the thread, which is we are on the verge of a global famine that could kill 10s of millions of people.

If Iran wants to starve the world, let them drink sand.
#7 | Posted by rf4b

Desalination currently provides a very small fraction"roughly 3%"of Iran's potable water, and only about 0.2% of its total overall water consumption. Unlike neighboring Gulf states that depend on it for up to 90% of their supply, Iran still relies primarily on traditional rivers, reservoirs, and heavily depleted underground aquifers.

You're an idiot

Meanwhile
Approximately 90 percent of Kuwait's drinking and residential water comes from desalination.
Desalination provides 59 percent of Bahrain's total national water supply, a figure that jumps to over 90 percent (and up to nearly 100 percent) specifically for drinking and municipal water needs
Approximately 42 percent of the United Arab Emirates' overall drinking and potable water comes from desalination plants, according to official government data. The remainder of the country's broader water supply relies heavily on natural groundwater and treated wastewater
Approximately 70% of Saudi Arabia's drinking water comes from desalination, though desalination accounts for about 18% to 60% of its total overall water consumption depending on whether agriculture and heavy industrial use are included. The country relies heavily on this infrastructure managed by the Saudi Water Authority (formerly SWCC).
Desalination accounts for approximately 85% to 90% of Israel's municipal (drinking) water supply. This is generated by five major Mediterranean coastal plants (Ashkelon, Palmachim, Hadera, Sorek, and Ashdod) and numerous smaller brackish groundwater plants in the Arava region

Like I said, you're a idiot

And add in the higher cost of diesel fuel which is used to harvest and transport food.

We are looking at a catastrophe of epic proportions.

The development of a cost-effective fertilizer within the last 80-100 years has permitted the world to grow enough food to support 8 billion + people.

That may be ending and we may be returning to a pre- time when agriculture could support only 2 billion people

So it is not crazy to imagine that if this war goes on for another 5 or 6 months that famine and starvation will kill 10s of millions of people.

And understand that that type of food insecurity causes mass migration. From the global south to the global north.

Expect another flood of immigrants, seeking food.