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>The tickle down has been happening for the past 70 years, and the regular people have been benefiting so much that it looks normal now. This is just not true

>The tickle down has been happening for the past 70 years, and the regular people have been benefiting so much that it looks normal now. This is just not true based on the data. The rich eat well - but food insecurity is still RAMPANT because of greed. Food is less healthy now than ever and the majority of the population is malnourished - that is to say eating the wrong thing - despite us having enough capacity to produce quality food for everyone. Food deserts ensure that the poorest people get the worst food.

transcoderx 4y ago
Isn't junk food generally more expensive than vegetables?
- AndrewKemendo 4y ago
  Not really - the McDonalds dollar menu is what a lot of poor people live on because they have no time or energy to shop and cook. Again a big piece of this is because food deserts don't have fresh food, so you have to commute to shop often.
  - transcoderx 4y ago
    Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there? Tbh I am skeptic of the whole narrative. Maybe the poor simply tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods.
    - AndrewKemendo 4y ago
      >Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there? Because they don't have as much money as other areas so people follow the money with where they provide services >tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods This is also true and again structural - see above. Poor areas don't get school funding because school funding is based on county property taxes and thus, do more poorly than rich areas It literally all boils down to structural inequality
      - transcoderx 4y ago
        But why is it profitable for fast food shops there, but not for vegetable shops? And even bad schools could find a minute to tell kids they should eat more veggies and less sugar?
        AndrewKemendo 4y ago
        Because they quality is so bad and the prices are so cheap. Having lived in these areas for most of my life I can tell you it's often only specific low quality chains (Church's, Grannys, Jack in the Box etc...) or these "chicken wing/chinese food" shops that basically just fry up the worst meat and slather it in sugar sauce. I recall in high school, peers of mine would simply eat a bag of Doritos for lunch - as even the classes like Home-economics were largely just holding cells for teenagers until graduation.

transcoderx 4y ago

Isn't junk food generally more expensive than vegetables?

AndrewKemendo 4y ago
Not really - the McDonalds dollar menu is what a lot of poor people live on because they have no time or energy to shop and cook. Again a big piece of this is because food deserts don't have fresh food, so you have to commute to shop often.
- transcoderx 4y ago
  Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there? Tbh I am skeptic of the whole narrative. Maybe the poor simply tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods.
  - AndrewKemendo 4y ago
    >Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there? Because they don't have as much money as other areas so people follow the money with where they provide services >tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods This is also true and again structural - see above. Poor areas don't get school funding because school funding is based on county property taxes and thus, do more poorly than rich areas It literally all boils down to structural inequality
    - transcoderx 4y ago
      But why is it profitable for fast food shops there, but not for vegetable shops? And even bad schools could find a minute to tell kids they should eat more veggies and less sugar?
      - AndrewKemendo 4y ago
        Because they quality is so bad and the prices are so cheap. Having lived in these areas for most of my life I can tell you it's often only specific low quality chains (Church's, Grannys, Jack in the Box etc...) or these "chicken wing/chinese food" shops that basically just fry up the worst meat and slather it in sugar sauce. I recall in high school, peers of mine would simply eat a bag of Doritos for lunch - as even the classes like Home-economics were largely just holding cells for teenagers until graduation.