Capitalism has an interesting built in feature. It creates poverty from abundance. There is a cute leftist parable which attempts to explain this phenomenon when capitalists; not the people; hold the means of production.
A Parable
It is a snowy christmas eve and the home is quite chilly.
The child asks their father why the house is so cold.
The Father replies, "Because we have no coal."
The child asks their Father why they have no coal.
The Father replies, "Because I have been laid off from the coal mine."
The child asks their Father why they have been laid off from the coal mine.
Their Father replies, "Because there is too much coal."
Beyond the worker family
Of course if the means of production were in the hands of the workers then there would be more than enough coal to go around.
This parable plays out in sovergn states as well. Those countries that attempt to distribute the wealth of production among all its peoples are severly punished by the capitalist countries/empires. We see that today in such countries as Venezuela, Bolivia, Iran and of course the most severe case presently... Yemen.
Thoughts from one who attenpted to bring aid
Caleb Maupin jumps right into the issue of the ongoing war crimes currently underway in Yemen, so no need to wade through a long video.
He captures the history of what has lead to a Christmas market massacre of innocent men, women and children over the holudays and the missle strikes to the medical university in the capital killing doctors in training.
Conclusion
There is far too much coal in Yemen.
