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Food rations affect people’s perception of their government because the rations are granted in different parts of the country according to the lack and necessities of the citizens in those states. Some times, the government can give more rations to one place than the other, and people are going to claim. If the portions are constant and it is a fair amount of food, people express gratitude and sympathy to the government. On the other hand, if people do not think that way, it can create discontent.