Make America Responsible Again
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 02:29 last edited by
Heather McDonald’s take in City Journal.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/make-america-responsible-again
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 02:48 last edited by
That’s actually the more traditional conservative take…
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 02:49 last edited by
And ultimately correct.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 03:06 last edited by
Heather Macdonald is a heck of a lot of fun on podcasts. One of my favorite listens.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 03:19 last edited by
Regardless of the cause, the remedy demands individual responsibility.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 04:50 last edited by
Yeah. The idea that we’ll ban, say, FD&C Yellow #5 and discover the One Weird Trick to cure obesity seems fanciful.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 11:20 last edited by
The article has multiple good points, but it boils down to Nancy Reagan philosophy and it's going to take more than that.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 11:28 last edited by
Anybody who visits Europe (or even the UK) can see the difference in lifestyle from North America. The amount I used to walk when I lived in Britain to what I do now is a massive factor in determining my current rather rotund body shape.
I don't see how RFK is going to change this. Sure, all European packaged food lists the E-numbers (artificial additives), but compared to the fact that I could and would walk to the shops....?
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 12:59 last edited by
Yeah it's really comparing caramel apples to oranginas.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 13:06 last edited by
It is mildly amusing that conservatives appear to be supporting legislating away obesity, since personal responsibility clearly doesn't work. I thought that was the liberal way of failing to solve problems.
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It is mildly amusing that conservatives appear to be supporting legislating away obesity, since personal responsibility clearly doesn't work. I thought that was the liberal way of failing to solve problems.
wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 13:19 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Make America Responsible Again:
It is mildly amusing that conservatives appear to be supporting legislating away obesity, since personal responsibility clearly doesn't work. I thought that was the liberal way of failing to solve problems.
I don't think you can legislate your way out of this, but what you can do is provide better information for a modern society, untainted by Big Ag. For instance, the Food Pyramid is widely acknowledged to be wrong. Or we're talking about cutting junk food from food stamps, when many of these people don't know how to cook with healthy choices.
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It is mildly amusing that conservatives appear to be supporting legislating away obesity, since personal responsibility clearly doesn't work. I thought that was the liberal way of failing to solve problems.
wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 13:33 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Make America Responsible Again:
It is mildly amusing that conservatives appear to be supporting legislating away obesity, since personal responsibility clearly doesn't work. I thought that was the liberal way of failing to solve problems.
It's also amusing considering Trump is morbidly obese.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Make America Responsible Again:
It is mildly amusing that conservatives appear to be supporting legislating away obesity, since personal responsibility clearly doesn't work. I thought that was the liberal way of failing to solve problems.
I don't think you can legislate your way out of this, but what you can do is provide better information for a modern society, untainted by Big Ag. For instance, the Food Pyramid is widely acknowledged to be wrong. Or we're talking about cutting junk food from food stamps, when many of these people don't know how to cook with healthy choices.
wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 13:35 last edited by@Jolly said in Make America Responsible Again:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Make America Responsible Again:
It is mildly amusing that conservatives appear to be supporting legislating away obesity, since personal responsibility clearly doesn't work. I thought that was the liberal way of failing to solve problems.
I don't think you can legislate your way out of this, but what you can do is provide better information for a modern society, untainted by Big Ag. For instance, the Food Pyramid is widely acknowledged to be wrong. Or we're talking about cutting junk food from food stamps, when many of these people don't know how to cook with healthy choices.
It seems to me that an addiction to good old fashioned sugar is the source of a lot of America's dietary problems. I can't remember which movie it was, but they essentially said the food industry has managed to convince people that fat is bad, whereas added sugar isn't really a problem. The reality is quite possibly the complete opposite.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 13:45 last edited by
Remember when they said eggs were bad for you because of cholesterol?
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 14:05 last edited by
<spits egg all over my keyboard>
I just ate two hard boiled eggs about 45 seconds ago.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 14:18 last edited by Doctor Phibes
@George-K said in Make America Responsible Again:
Remember when they said eggs were bad for you because of cholesterol?
I don't mind being told stuff which turns out to be wrong if it was a mistake, and they admit the mistake. I do mind when it isn't a mistake.
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wrote on 19 Nov 2024, 15:09 last edited by
Food pyramid.