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This wasn't the clearest argument I've heard but I agree with the conclusion: "In the end, cheap food is a symptom of a bigger problem: an economic system in wh
by intrepidhero 6y ago
This wasn't the clearest argument I've heard but I agree with the conclusion: "In the end, cheap food is a symptom of a bigger problem: an economic system in which some lives are treated as less valuable than others."
Now what I'd really like to see are more serious discussions of solutions.
- curation 6y agoYes - the technical term for this is Necropolitics. It really describes the system of power we are in.
- bufferoverflow 6y agoI disagree with the conclusion. Fast food is not actually cheap. If you go to a supermarket and get a bag of rice / lentils, it will be an order of magnitude cheaper, if not more. The problem is 1) culture and 2) taste. Burgers do taste better than lentils.
- Tiltowait-- 6y agoYou're really going to say a professor at Harvard and a bucktoothed West Virginia hillbilly are of the same worth? https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tharris00/rednecks/typical_couple.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tharris00/rednecks/t...
- intrepidhero 6y agoAbsolutely.
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