[–] PotatoFarm 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Not to entirely diss your point, because there is, of course, a very valid argument behind it.
However, @selpai mentioned something that is no secret for many of the people involved in the food industries. There are massive distortions forced from external entities that work against the consumer. And while price stability/food safety could have been the original reasons, it would be disingenuous to assume that the current situation is the result of following well thought regulations meant to protect the public.
I'll have to apologize because I don't have any source at the moment, but in general, the waste and abuse of certain food industries is baffling. I'm not going to say much about my involvement, but let just say that it took an external entity to force one of the biggest produce corporations of the world to change it's methods (In an example of the opposite of what we are arguing). The end result was a far more efficient/clean operation (waste was still ridiculous... but better), and the price for the consumer hardly changed.
As someone told me, the price we pay for our food hardly has to do with the production of the food itself, but the middlemen and poorly conceived regulations.
[–] selpai 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Doritos and Cola aren't food, they're either poison or drugs depending on how you want to view it. The chickens of today are largely health hazards, so full of antibiotics, endocrine disruptors, and heavy metals that the comparison to a chicken from 50 years ago becomes absurd. They also taste like shit, and are probably covered in it to; you know, because of the utter absence of adhered-to health standards. This is before mentioning the changes in nutritional value, or the inhumane treatment of the stock.
You are such a fucking shill. Your talk of "price stability" is a slap in the face to the millions of families that can't afford a healthy balanced diet. No, i don't thank Big-Brother for the food on my table, because i recognize that it could be there more cheaply and at higher quality were it not for the intervention of government in the free markets.