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(and why conservatives hate public schools, ofc)
When the Scandinavian countries were struggling in 18/19th century, they used to put tree bark in their bread due to not having access to enough proper ingredients. Feels similar to putting sawdust in food.
Adulterating consumable foods has been a thing for a really long time. From tea having poisonous weeds mixed in the 1600s to milk having chalk or other toxic stuff in it. Commercial interests put profit first and “cut” the product to extend profitability.
Good thing they’re cutting oversight like the FDA in the US. That’ll work out great.
This reminds me of a story my dad told me. His school went on a field trip to an ice cream factory and he was, of course, expecting this to be the best day of his life. What he discovered, though, left him mortified. They were taking poor-selling flavours and running them back through the machine to change them to something better. If you buy some store brand chocolate and it has undertones of mocha, now you know why. I think of this now whenever I see a product that "may contain peanuts". Like they're not sure.
Talking to a Libertarian is like talking to a child.
Every self-proclaimed libertarian I ever met gave me a different reason why they're a "libertarian", bashed fake libertarians, say they're the only TRUE libertarian, then voted Republican.
Yeah, they're Republicans with even more brain damage and not a single one understands how societies work.
I remember thinking I was a libertarian for a few years after I realized the conservative world I was raised in was nuts.
What I had essentially done, though, was shed the bigotry first because I cared about people, while keeping the conservative/capitalist economic mindset because accumulation of assets and efficient use of capital are just what good human beings strive for in that world. I’m a Libertarian! I am pure and very intelligent!
But then that pesky thing about respecting the lives of other people never left my head. And my eyes and ears kept working while the last couple decades happened. And I unfortunately value annoyances like high quality evidence, demonstrated expertise, and the scientific method.
It didn’t take long to connect the dots that the policies that are best for short-term capital and those that are best for sentient human beings (never mind all other life) may not always align, and that choosing the former over the latter is kinda… what’s the word… evil.
Libertarian: I can't hear you with so much money I have!
Libertarians are only in tiny minority of US population, and most of them are earning roughly $100,000 a year. Of course they will support absolute laissez faire society.
Is that why they're all into children?
Schools still assign Upton Sinclair? I can tell you for certain that mine did not, likely because they were busy suppressing any mentions of socialism.
Hey why do they call it an "ecomomics" class anyway, shouldn't they just call it capitalism if that's the only thing they teach?
at my high school they made us read fucking ayn rand
Jesus
We were required to read Ayn Rand.
yeah it's wild how many schools skip over Sinclair! The Jungle literally led to the creation of the FDA because people were horrified by the meat industry. Schools that only teach "economics" without covering labor history are missing half the story. My high school tried that too - all Adam Smith, no context about why regulations exist in the frist place.
I heard his wife was Meta.