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Giant Rabbits To Feed North Korea
iamdrscience writes with news of an East German pensioner who breeds rabbits the size of dogs. Karl Szmolinsky won a prize for breeding Germany's largest rabbit, at 23 lbs., in 2006. News photos reached the North Koreans, who asked through their embassy whether Szmolinsky would be willing to sell them some as foodstocks — each rabbit yields about 15 lb. of meat. A deal was struck and Szmolinsky will be traveling to North Korea in April to help them set up a breeding program. (The photos in the article use the most extreme, contrived camera angles to make the rabbits look even more huge.)
It has nothing to do with the price of human life being low. It has to do with the innate inefficiencies of a large bureaucracy. We have the same problem in the U.S. The problem isn't as devastating here because a lot of societal infrastructure isn't nationalized (not necessarily a good thing though). The best way to combat these problems is through decentralization of power.