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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

Except they have billions in stolen art and could liquidate it at any point. If not trillions, actually.

Nobody knows exactly what Vatican has but Porphyry Basin in the Vatican Museum is estimated to be worth 2$ billion alone (it was commissioned by Emperor Nero).

Vatican could literally end the world hunger with their treasure hoard.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Vatican could literally end the world hunger with their treasure hoard.

No they couldn’t. They’d end up making a bunch of warlords into billionaires while the regular people would go on starving. The only way to end world hunger is grassroots economic development and education (especially for women). You can’t do that by dumping billions of dollars into those countries. The problem is very tricky and the work is long and arduous.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It’s not getting to the people who need it because [CHOMP] it’s being intercepted by warlords!

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

he is right though. Don't know why making fun of him was required to make an ass of yourself.

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