Global Economics

There was a day not too long ago, when I was walking and a nice young woman asked me if I'd like to try a free sample of milk. I, of course, said yes. I drank my milk and started to ask the woman what she was doing. She told me about how a prominent milk company pays her to promote their product. After some time, she told me that if I'd like I could take as much milk as I want. So I did, I took about 8 crates full of milk. In my mind, I had this beautiful vision of sharing my milk with everyone in my dorm, so I put it in the floor refrigerator so people could have equal access to it. I went about the rest of my day as normal and that night I decided I'd like some milk, so I went to the fridge only to find out that all the milk had been taken. I didn't understand how in only a few hours a fridge full of milk could be completely empty. I ended up discovering that the few privledged in the dorm who had mini fridges would go in and take as much milk as their fridges could hold. Of course those who had the means of storing it would take more than they needed when there was enough milk in that fridge for everyone in the whole dorm. On the same note, there are plenty of resources in the whole world for everyone to have their needs met. America alone grows almost enough food to feed Africa. I mourn for us as a people. I mourn the fact that we are so selfish that it is ok for us as a nation to be so grossly overfed while there are still people out there starving. Where is the justice?