J. Clarke wrote:

As for American kids, well, they get plenty to eat. A sizable
percentage (no pun intended) are overweight. Across the world,
however, hungry children is a political problem, not one of
nutrition. Ponder this: There has never been a famine in a democracy.

I take it that Ireland is not a democracy in your view.

It wasn't in 1740. There's some confusion about the current situation.