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tl;dr anyone?
by _xcode 11y ago
tl;dr anyone?
- jhasse 11y agofood companies maximize profits
- rwmj 11y agoSomething like: Food is being deliberately engineered to be addictive, and that's causing obesity and illness.
- Happydayz 11y agoFood companies spend a significant amount on R&D to maximize the taste and attractiveness, but not necessarily the nutrition, of their pre-packaged foods.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoFree market capitalism works really efficiently, except when externalities are present, at which point it efficiently exploits them to everyone's detriment. Your health is an externality to the corporations that make your food.
- uptownJimmy 11y agoBrilliant. But completely incomprehensible to almost everyone.
- Terr_ 11y ago"Sometimes it IS more profitable to poison your customers, even in the long-run."