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If they don't like it, then they can use something else. Why assume they are stupid and unable to make decisions for themselves?

sleepyhead 10y ago
You are touching on an important point here. Let me give you a comparison for clarity in these markets. In Cambodia now there is an extreme increase of pesticides usage. In the market the sellers will spray toxic liquid on produce during the day to keep them looking fresh. Farmers buy and use products they really have no clue about what is. Don't get my wrong; I'm not saying they should be going organic - correct use of pesticides have advantages for farming. But it's a country with extreme corruption and in practice no laws and regulations for this. This is resulting in a lot of problems for people consuming vegetables that aren't healthy to consume. And other issues. The suppliers turn a blind eye to this because all they see it increased sales. Consumers, and the general public, have limited knowledge. That doesn't mean they are stupid, however education is very much lacking. Though it should be noted there are a lot of stupid people everywhere as well (just look at any newspaper comment section). So regulations are important. Partly so because some markets are very difficult for an average consumers to gain full knowledge about. That's for example one of the reasons why we had a financial crisis some years back.
- ChefDenominator 10y ago
  What was everyone in Cambodia eating before the food with the pesticides on it?
  - sleepyhead 10y ago
    Dude
    - ChefDenominator 10y ago
      From this response I'm guessing you are communicating that you'd rather not consider what kinds of options the people of Cambodia are facing: pesticide-laced food or malnutrition/starvation.
      - sleepyhead 10y ago
        I'm having issues with understanding your wild theories and questions. First of all you seem to dismiss the problems I described. Perhaps you need to re-read what I wrote with a less subjective attitude. Second you seem for some strange reason think that there is a choice between "pesticide-laced food or malnutrition/starvation". That's a false narrative. Also don't get hung up on pesticides, it was just as an example of lack of education, lack of information, lack of laws, corruption, and other issues that results in a market where the consumer have not got enough information to make a reflective choice. I don't want to continue down your strange little rabbit hole that doesn't reflect any realistic option or facts of how life is in Cambodia or other similar countries. Given your strange questions I don't think you actually know so much about life in these countries or the issue people face. Seems you rather have some ideological viewpoint that you want to define as a narrative. I can assure you that any solution is not as easy as you think. It's complex issues. So please don't come with any simplistic ideological based statements with questions that doesn't make any sense, and attack me as someone who doesn't want to communicate with you. "What was everyone in Cambodia eating before the food with the pesticides on it?" Seriously, what are you expecting from this kind of question? Does it provide any value? Does it provide any argument at all? What are you really expecting me to explain to you from this question? Oh and btw: Cambodia was a educated country with a functional society until the 1960s. Then USA decided to drop US 540,000 tons of bombs on the country killing hundred of thousands people. This resulted in Pol Pot taking over who then pretty much killed everyone with an education and lots more.

sleepyhead 10y ago

You are touching on an important point here. Let me give you a comparison for clarity in these markets. In Cambodia now there is an extreme increase of pesticides usage. In the market the sellers will spray toxic liquid on produce during the day to keep them looking fresh. Farmers buy and use products they really have no clue about what is. Don't get my wrong; I'm not saying they should be going organic - correct use of pesticides have advantages for farming. But it's a country with extreme corruption and in practice no laws and regulations for this. This is resulting in a lot of problems for people consuming vegetables that aren't healthy to consume. And other issues. The suppliers turn a blind eye to this because all they see it increased sales. Consumers, and the general public, have limited knowledge. That doesn't mean they are stupid, however education is very much lacking. Though it should be noted there are a lot of stupid people everywhere as well (just look at any newspaper comment section). So regulations are important. Partly so because some markets are very difficult for an average consumers to gain full knowledge about. That's for example one of the reasons why we had a financial crisis some years back.

ChefDenominator 10y ago
What was everyone in Cambodia eating before the food with the pesticides on it?
- sleepyhead 10y ago
  Dude
  - ChefDenominator 10y ago
    From this response I'm guessing you are communicating that you'd rather not consider what kinds of options the people of Cambodia are facing: pesticide-laced food or malnutrition/starvation.
    - sleepyhead 10y ago
      I'm having issues with understanding your wild theories and questions. First of all you seem to dismiss the problems I described. Perhaps you need to re-read what I wrote with a less subjective attitude. Second you seem for some strange reason think that there is a choice between "pesticide-laced food or malnutrition/starvation". That's a false narrative. Also don't get hung up on pesticides, it was just as an example of lack of education, lack of information, lack of laws, corruption, and other issues that results in a market where the consumer have not got enough information to make a reflective choice. I don't want to continue down your strange little rabbit hole that doesn't reflect any realistic option or facts of how life is in Cambodia or other similar countries. Given your strange questions I don't think you actually know so much about life in these countries or the issue people face. Seems you rather have some ideological viewpoint that you want to define as a narrative. I can assure you that any solution is not as easy as you think. It's complex issues. So please don't come with any simplistic ideological based statements with questions that doesn't make any sense, and attack me as someone who doesn't want to communicate with you. "What was everyone in Cambodia eating before the food with the pesticides on it?" Seriously, what are you expecting from this kind of question? Does it provide any value? Does it provide any argument at all? What are you really expecting me to explain to you from this question? Oh and btw: Cambodia was a educated country with a functional society until the 1960s. Then USA decided to drop US 540,000 tons of bombs on the country killing hundred of thousands people. This resulted in Pol Pot taking over who then pretty much killed everyone with an education and lots more.