The World Is Not Poor — It Is Weaponized
“If only a tenth of the billions spent on the arms race were used, world hunger could be ended.”
— Fidel Castro
This statement isn’t radical. It’s arithmetic.
Every year, governments spend trillions preparing for war—on missiles, tanks, drones, and weapons powerful enough to destroy the planet several times over. At the same time, over 800 million people go to bed hungry.
This isn’t a failure of resources.
It’s a failure of priorities.
Hunger persists not because food is scarce, but because power is hoarded. Because systems built on imperial domination value control over compassion. Because it is more profitable to arm nations than to feed people.
Castro’s words force an uncomfortable question:
If ending hunger is possible, why hasn’t it been done?
The answer is ugly. Hunger disciplines populations. Poverty keeps labor cheap. Dependency makes nations easier to control. An armed world is a manageable world—for those at the top.
Imperialism doesn’t announce itself with speeches about cruelty. It disguises itself as “security,” “defense,” and “national interest.” Yet the result is the same: bombs are funded faster than bread, and borders are protected more fiercely than human life.
This is not just a global issue—it’s an African one. A continent rich in land, labor, and resources, yet forced to import food while exporting raw wealth to sustain foreign economies and foreign wars.
So when leaders talk about “realism,” ask yourself:
Realistic for whom?
History remembers empires not for the weapons they built—but for the lives they destroyed or ignored.
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“If only a tenth of the billions spent on the arms race were used, world hunger could be ended.”
— Fidel Castro
This statement isn’t radical. It’s arithmetic.
Every year, governments spend trillions preparing for war—on missiles, tanks, drones, and weapons powerful enough to destroy the planet several times over. At the same time, over 800 million people go to bed hungry.
This isn’t a failure of resources.
It’s a failure of priorities.
Hunger persists not because food is scarce, but because power is hoarded. Because systems built on imperial domination value control over compassion. Because it is more profitable to arm nations than to feed people.
Castro’s words force an uncomfortable question:
If ending hunger is possible, why hasn’t it been done?
The answer is ugly. Hunger disciplines populations. Poverty keeps labor cheap. Dependency makes nations easier to control. An armed world is a manageable world—for those at the top.
Imperialism doesn’t announce itself with speeches about cruelty. It disguises itself as “security,” “defense,” and “national interest.” Yet the result is the same: bombs are funded faster than bread, and borders are protected more fiercely than human life.
This is not just a global issue—it’s an African one. A continent rich in land, labor, and resources, yet forced to import food while exporting raw wealth to sustain foreign economies and foreign wars.
So when leaders talk about “realism,” ask yourself:
Realistic for whom?
History remembers empires not for the weapons they built—but for the lives they destroyed or ignored.
Follow @african.echo for more powerful African history and untold stories that challenge comfortable lies.
And support the movement by getting our debut book, “20 African Wonder Women That Changed History.”
Because ideas don’t change the world alone—people do.
