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    1 year ago

    @bioemerl Many many more people who would otherwise starve no longer starve. Many many more people who would otherwise have access to nutritional food are now surrounded by food that makes them sick.

    I hope we can agree that both are true and there are ways to do better.

    We failed with no profit motive and we failed by maximizing profit motive. I don’t think this idea would cause any more people to starve. I worry about our ongoing, collective failures of imagination.

    No, I don’t know how to solve the problem.

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      No, I don’t know how to solve the problem.

      It’s really not hard, You just push for regulations. Problem is, people like their junk food so they are almost always against regulations against it.

      We are a democracy at the end of the day and taking away people’s favorite foods is going to cause politicians to get voted out of office, even if it’s better for them.