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Compared to the calibre of people the previous regime put in place the current crop actually looks quite a bit more competent. It is also refreshing to see most

Compared to the calibre of people the previous regime put in place the current crop actually looks quite a bit more competent. It is also refreshing to see most of them being being picked not because of their skin colour, sex or sexual orientation but because they are deemed to be competent. You may not agree with their ideas - elections have consequences after all - but they have for the most laid out specific plans on what they intend to achieve. The 'MAHA' idea seems like a good idea, don't you agree? If you do not agree I'd like to hear why without any references to either Trump or Kennedy - just why it is not a good idea to improve the American diet.

starluz 2y ago
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defrost 2y ago
First Lady Michelle Obama famously promoted both good exercise and good diet from an early age onwards. No one is against improving the USofA diet, it's globally infamous for sugary toxicity. RFK Jr's idea of a good diet, however, includes parasite ridden roadkill. Then there's all his other weird little fringe beliefs.
- taylodl 2y ago
  And conservatives famously skewered Michelle Obama for promoting good exercise and good diet from an early age onwards. They think I have a short attention span.
  - kcplate 2y ago
    I don’t recall this happening, do you have an example? Edit: All the criticisms I can find online seem to point towards creating a top caloric standard with no change as kids age (and that seems to be pretty valid criticism to me). Also that she established low fat options which increased sugar intake (perhaps wasn’t as dubious then, but definitely seems to be more valid criticism now)
consumer451 2y ago
The current "regime" is so obsessed with anti-DEI that they managed to create a government consisting of the most unqualified group of humans since Nero. I could not be more embarrassed for humanity, and my country. If anyone would like an escape, please watch the amazing, and incredibly ignored show Pantheon.[0] The main topic covered is uploaded human intelligence. The script tech advisors, animation, and voice actors are excellent. Check it out. Much better than dealing with this folly. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(TV_series)
- david38 2y ago
  These two things are orthogonal. You can not be pro DEI and still find competent people. Just by the numbers, it’s possible. To be “most unqualified” you can select from DEI or not, as any group will have horribly qualified people. There are many in the medical field that aren’t DEI that care deeply about, and are knowledgeable about the major health issues in this country - vaccines, obesity, malnutrition, mental health, fertility, cancer, food supply (and its poor quality), environmental, activity, elder care, dementia, early childhood health care, just to name a few. I am unaware of his qualifications to lead such an org, but at that level, he’s mostly a political talking head anyway. Still, I agree it’s quite bad. We’ll know in a few years the outcome. All that said, “could not be more embarrassed for humanity and my country” - really? You think this is worse than the Great Depression when security forces were paid to guard piles of rotting fruit so the starving couldn’t eat them? The rise of the KKK? The horrors of the civil war? Inflationary language might feel good, but its effect is it encourages the forgetting of worse things, increases internal conflict, and makes reconciliation and course correction even harder. So the next time you read how someone is “the worst” or a Nazi, ask yourself if you are truly aiming for the erasure of Nazi crimes and further fracturing of society or simply exaggerating to highlight a point. One person’s exaggeration becomes someone else’s truth.
  - consumer451 2y ago
    You are correct, I could have provided a time window for my shame. Obviously, there have been worse events in the United States' history. To qualify it clearly, I have not been this ashamed of my country since the entirely fabricated story of WMD in Iraq, which led to hundreds of thousands of lost lives, all for nothing.

starluz 2y ago

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defrost 2y ago

First Lady Michelle Obama famously promoted both good exercise and good diet from an early age onwards. No one is against improving the USofA diet, it's globally infamous for sugary toxicity. RFK Jr's idea of a good diet, however, includes parasite ridden roadkill. Then there's all his other weird little fringe beliefs.

taylodl 2y ago
And conservatives famously skewered Michelle Obama for promoting good exercise and good diet from an early age onwards. They think I have a short attention span.
- kcplate 2y ago
  I don’t recall this happening, do you have an example? Edit: All the criticisms I can find online seem to point towards creating a top caloric standard with no change as kids age (and that seems to be pretty valid criticism to me). Also that she established low fat options which increased sugar intake (perhaps wasn’t as dubious then, but definitely seems to be more valid criticism now)

consumer451 2y ago

The current "regime" is so obsessed with anti-DEI that they managed to create a government consisting of the most unqualified group of humans since Nero. I could not be more embarrassed for humanity, and my country. If anyone would like an escape, please watch the amazing, and incredibly ignored show Pantheon.[0] The main topic covered is uploaded human intelligence. The script tech advisors, animation, and voice actors are excellent. Check it out. Much better than dealing with this folly. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_(TV_series)

david38 2y ago
These two things are orthogonal. You can not be pro DEI and still find competent people. Just by the numbers, it’s possible. To be “most unqualified” you can select from DEI or not, as any group will have horribly qualified people. There are many in the medical field that aren’t DEI that care deeply about, and are knowledgeable about the major health issues in this country - vaccines, obesity, malnutrition, mental health, fertility, cancer, food supply (and its poor quality), environmental, activity, elder care, dementia, early childhood health care, just to name a few. I am unaware of his qualifications to lead such an org, but at that level, he’s mostly a political talking head anyway. Still, I agree it’s quite bad. We’ll know in a few years the outcome. All that said, “could not be more embarrassed for humanity and my country” - really? You think this is worse than the Great Depression when security forces were paid to guard piles of rotting fruit so the starving couldn’t eat them? The rise of the KKK? The horrors of the civil war? Inflationary language might feel good, but its effect is it encourages the forgetting of worse things, increases internal conflict, and makes reconciliation and course correction even harder. So the next time you read how someone is “the worst” or a Nazi, ask yourself if you are truly aiming for the erasure of Nazi crimes and further fracturing of society or simply exaggerating to highlight a point. One person’s exaggeration becomes someone else’s truth.
- consumer451 2y ago
  You are correct, I could have provided a time window for my shame. Obviously, there have been worse events in the United States' history. To qualify it clearly, I have not been this ashamed of my country since the entirely fabricated story of WMD in Iraq, which led to hundreds of thousands of lost lives, all for nothing.