She was starving because she placed her full financial trust in the government. The government is the only fiscal entity that can unilaterally decide to drop its support of you at any time.
After all, who are you going to complain to?
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When North Korea lost millions to famine in the 90’s it was the ones who trusted the government to provide that was hit the hardest when the government had no food to distribute. Those who used the black market and did illegal deals n the side were mainly the ones who survived.
Generally of course.