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Farming practices are already absolutely terrible. And for reasons of arbitrary weight increase, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ractopamine https://en.wikipedia
by nekusar 8mo ago
Farming practices are already absolutely terrible.
And for reasons of arbitrary weight increase, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ractopamine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ractopamine is used in the USA. Doesnt degrade when cooked, so humans also get fat from it amongst other bad side effects. Banned in most countries, but not the USA. This is also why pork export is banned in most countries.
I know 1 person who is "allergic to pork". But European pork is fine. Even Canadian pork is fine. But what's different with US pork? Ractopamine.
To me, this is yet another reason why capitalism initially was great at making an economy, but profit-seeking behavior gets legally and ethically worse and one trades ethics for money.
- bananalychee 8mo agoRactopamine is authorized in Canada per the article you linked.
- 1234letshaveatw 8mo agoLet's not let that pesky detail get in the way of the USA bad narrative he has going.
- enaaem 8mo agoStill banned China, Russia and the EU...
- Insanity 8mo agoLooking at the stuff China puts in their food (like the actual instant noodles), definitely a red flag if even they ban it. Generally I look at EU for what's good/bad to consume though. It's scary how much stuff is banned there that's in everyday US products.
- jonah 8mo agoI generally think that as well and so was surprised to read that they're planning to not label CRISPER fruits as such. "European Union’s Parliament and Council, the bloc’s governing body, reached a provisional deal in December to “simplify” the process for marketing plants bred through new genomic techniques, such as by scrapping the need to label them any differently from conventional ones." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47271338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47271338
- shakna 8mo agoLikely due to trade agreement, with a geological neighbour.
- jedberg 8mo agoThis is fascinating to me. I am allergic to pork (or I would say intolerant, when I eat it I get a headache and/or stomach ache). But I did try a piece of wild boar once, and was fine after that. I will have to look into this!
- Aurornis 8mo ago> I know 1 person who is "allergic to pork". But European pork is fine. Even Canadian pork is fine. But what's different with US pork? Ractopamine. Ractopamine is used in Canada. This sounds like a possible case of the nocebo effect: Someone experiences symptoms based on a belief that an ingredient is bad for them. When they consume the same thing without the belief that the ingredient is present, the effects are absent even though the ingredient is present. This happens with people who believe they have WiFi sensitivity disorders, too. If you put them next to a WiFi router with blinking lights they will experience the pain of their condition. If you turn off the lights on the router but leave the WiFi transmitting, they stop feeling the effects.
- imjonse 8mo ago> To me, this is yet another reason why capitalism initially was great at making an economy, Initially it wasn't that great either if you were a slave or worked 14 hours a day .
- akramachamarei 8mo agoCapitalism precludes slavery.
- quesera 8mo ago> Capitalism precludes slavery. Hmm? Capitalism neither precludes nor predates slavery.
- akramachamarei 8mo agoCapitalism precisely precludes slavery. One of the most important and foundational of its principles is private property. The first, most natural, and universal instance of private property is the ownership of one's own body. Heck, we even have the phrase "private parts." Slavery requires the most basic violation of bodily autonomy. In other words, to permit slavery is to permit the violation of the most basic property right. I struggle to see how slavery could be compatible with capitalism.
- grimblee 8mo agoGo ask kids forced to work for years in cocoa plants or coltan mins in africa what they think of your little explaination
- akramachamarei 8mo agoIs this supposed to be ... a gotcha? If slavery is involved, it's not capitalism, by definition. Distance attenuates all signals, so each transaction step may somewhat smear or smudge such a stain. Really not clear at all what you're getting at.