> So do you object to mandated nutritional labels and ingredient lists? Absolutely. Do I like them, sure, and I'd happily avoid any product that didn't provide

> So do you object to mandated nutritional labels and ingredient lists? Absolutely. Do I like them, sure, and I'd happily avoid any product that didn't provide them willingly. > To say if you want to enter food and food stuffs into the stream of commerce you need to include nutritional information and ingredients, is that really authoritarian? Yes, it is, by definition. Forcing a vendor to do anything is authoritarian; the question is is it justified. Forcing someone not to lie, yea that's justified because lying is fraud. Forcing them to add something to a label, that's just authoritarian. Let the market kill them for being stupid. If the market wants nutrition labels they'll do it voluntarily or their competition will. > I personally like consumer rights and don’t pretend there is a level playing field between consumers and corporations. I think it’s a common sense approach to the reality companies put nasty shit in food from preservatives to various types of sugars that consumers base buying decisions on and it’s not authoritarian to require those disclosures...at least you know where we have a quasi democratic process in the form of a constitutional republic. It is authoritarian by definition; though it may be justified authoritarianism in response to bad actors in the market. Not all authoritarianism is unjustified, markets do fail. However, nutrition information being forced on all isn't remotely the same as forcing only some to label something GMO as if that status has any scientific validity whatsoever. The non-GMO movement is superstition and ignorance, not science. Superstition should not be forced onto vendors. > It’s like saying it’s authoritarian to require doctors to inform patients about their options. It is. You seem to not know what that word means. If the government makes you do something, it is by definition authoritarian. > How dare these authoritarians dictate how doctors practice medicine. Yes actually, you should be very concerned when government decides it knows better than doctors about how to treat patients. But you'll note the legal requirement on this actually refers back to the doctors norms, they're only required to inform patients of things that a reasonable doctor would inform them of. > Did I say I was good and anyone else was bad. I didn't say you said it; I said watching you pretend to be, that means that's how your coming off to me. That's my opinion of your behavior.