Memes of Production

Because we live in a complicated system. If it was one guy inside a compound with more food than he could ever eat and there's one person outside who's starving, then yes, that's immoral.

But there's a ton of different participants and different incentives. For example, if a farmer stopped getting paid to grow food, they'd probably stop growing. (At least more than they need) Or if a store owner loses enough product to theft that they're losing money, they'd probably close.

On the other hand if one person steals bread that's not going to close a store or bankrupt a farmer. But as that number increases there's some threshold where it becomes a problem, or if people stealing are all concentrated on one area.

I think we should guarantee that all people have enough to eat, a place to live, healthcare and education. I'm not entirely sure how to implement that even if I'm king of the world.

For food I think it could look like some sort of universal "food tax" based on income, then every person gets a food stipend. It could be rolled into a universal basic income. Some rich people pay much more than they'd ever eat, some poor people pay nothing. Food still gets paid for so food producers have an incentive to do what they're doing, and we continue to have variety and innovation.