You might consider reflecting on your good fortune to live in a time when food is abundant — indeed, where there’s a global agricultural and transport system bringing that food to you.
And you might reflect on the folks actually involved in producing that food and making it available to you. Although (to paraphrase Adam Smith) you do not depend on the benevolence of the baker, the butcher, or the refrigerated truck driver, you’re still much better off than if they did not exist to fill those economic roles.
You might consider reflecting on your good fortune to live in a time when food is abundant — indeed, where there’s a global agricultural and transport system bringing that food to you.
And you might reflect on the folks actually involved in producing that food and making it available to you. Although (to paraphrase Adam Smith) you do not depend on the benevolence of the baker, the butcher, or the refrigerated truck driver, you’re still much better off than if they did not exist to fill those economic roles.
Or, to put it graphically …