I think the world has so many problems because it is a very complicated place filled with many competing interests. “Greedy” and “stupid” are just highly subjective evalualtions that have only one universally accepted meaning: “not me”. That sort of finger pointing has never solved anything.
I have the solution for your Karo corn syrup weakness. Pour two or three tablespoons of Grandma’s Oringinal Unsulfered Molasses over two tablespoons of chilled butter. Mash with the tines of a fork until well mixed but not blended. Small bits of butter should be visible. Spread ther mixture on your muffin … or a buscuit … or a pancake … or white bread … or the palm of your hand or just lick it off the plate! … Sorry. Got a little carried away there. Enjoy.
Yet another simple minded analysis of a complex problem. More than half the countries with high rates of food insecurity (DRC, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Myanmar) are embroiled in continuing armed conflict either internal or external. Weather extremes are the driver for most of the rest (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe). The notion that all that is needed to solve the problem is for the mean old West to cough up a littile of its untold riches is more than simple minded. It is stupid.
These days Charlie Brown would be suspended, if not expelled, and remanded to some sort of psychiatric treatment.