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[KrazyKommieKiller]

haha they don't even eat soylent green in this scene. This is great because for Heston's character it's one of the first times he's eaten real food. In the film's world those small apples are likely $50 each.

[blkchk]

Genetically modified food. Don't you just love it when movies turn into real life?

Love Edward G. Robinson BTW

[Farbo123]

So this is the future that awaits us if Religion and Pro Life ever wins.

[MasterAsra]

@OreadNYC The only places with overpopulation problems are third world countries, which have been taught for decades by both Catholics and Muslims that contraception doesn't work and doesn't prevent pregnancy or STDs, and that they should all just practice abstinence.

The overpopulation problem is entirely because of poor resource management and the population growth in these. There IS enough food. And with so many more people, pollution is lower than it was during the Industrial revolution.

[MasterAsra]

@Professor6871 The problem isn't really there. Half of the food in the world is still thrown away or eaten by rats. Hell, North America and Canada pay farmers to NOT grow food, to stay competitive, and the same thing happens in South America. The only reason there's food problems at all is because the countries with them have no infrastructure. Hell, the United States alone, if all of the farmland was used at once, could feed every single person on Earth. Moving it to them is impossible though.

[OreadNYC]

@Professor6871 -- I have a few suggestions. 1) Safe, reliable, affordable contraception. 2) Teaching people how to use it properly and responsibly instead of conceding to ancient religious beliefs. 3) Encouraging people to evaluate beforehand whether they truly want to be parents *and* have the means to give a child what it needs (emotionally as well as physically) instead of simply having them because it's expected. To have a child is to hold another human life in your hands.

[OreadNYC]

@xApricityx -- Unfortunately, we do take it for granted...very much so. Do you have any idea how much fresh produce grocery stores throw out simply because of a superficial blemish...and can you imagine how much more they throw out because it goes bad before it can be sold? Do you know how much food is wasted after it's purchased, both privately and commercially? For that matter, do you know how many human food species (both plant and animal) have become extinct? It's insane.

[Professor6871]

@axollot to right the massive increase in the population is much more complicated that's why nobodys come easy answer to stop it.

[xApricityx]

Something so true about this movie is that we musn't take food for granted.

[axollot]

@TheNecropolis20 We are over 7 billion people now (passed it Sept/Oct 2011), it's more complicated than just "people are poor" too. People are starving for a number of reasons including drought, flooding and wars.

[TheNecropolis20]

@KrazyKommieKiller your right this scene was not about eating the soylent green i was hoping to see him it some. im glad that our world wont turn out this way in the year 2020. instead our world population is just under 7 billion people and theres enough food to feed everyone. but some of the poeple that are starving is because they are poor and cant aford food. i know its sad

[walter0bz]

@Monteee1000 ---Correct, GM food is an Effect, the Cause is overpopulation