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[–] DelusionalHominids 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I recognize that it's a complex issue, but fat people are definitely helping to contribute to third world starvation. Why should corporations look to support the growth of new markets where they can sell their products when they can simply continue to sell more and more products in markets where the demand exceeds the requirement of the population (a.k.a. first world countries with high levels of obesity)?

These obese countries will provide a much more stable, safer market for them, and this also encourages them to look for ways to specifically engineer the food to encourage even more consumption in order to grow the demand even higher in these fat countries.

So while the obesity epidemic worsens, corporations make more and more profit, and meanwhile struggling countries are left ignored and are still unable to develop enough political and economic stability to support an economy that can help them meet the needs of their own populations.

All I'm saying is that maybe if fat people weren't overeating so god damn much, corporations would have more incentive to support the growth and stability of third world nations because it would be in their own best interest. Instead, first world nations just get fatter and fatter as the amount of food they consume continues to rise far beyond their actual requirements, providing an easily accessible and ever growing demand for corporations to thrive and grow on.