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> In capitalism we make food so cheap that even poor people can get fat My dude, this is not a good thing.

• fallingknife 3y ago
  For almost all of human history almost all humans spent almost all of their income/labor on feeding themselves. Not only is cheap food a good thing, it's one of the best.
  • thomastjeffery 3y ago
    But now that we have it, what are we trying to optimize?
  • digging 3y ago
    Do you have any idea what poverty is like today? Now people spend all of their time and money on not being homeless, and then fighting the diseases that their food is giving them.