I think it's true almost independent of where you get your food.
Restaurants largely would not exist if not for immigrant workers, many of them with questionable documentation. And the food that is grown, that's also dependent on the same labor structures. Some Americans decry illegal and even legal immigrants, but everything from growing crops to raising livestock to meat packing to operating restaurants would be much more expensive without them.
You can't complain about minimum wage being too high, the presence of undocumented workers, and the price of food all at the same time -- that's just pure economic fantasy. One if not two of those factors needs to budge to address the others.
I also have to cast doubt on the idea that Americans cannot afford to buy decent food. This goes beyond the money Americans spend on video games, TV subscriptions, and avocado toast. The US is the most overweight country on the planet pretty much, so clearly it's not a question of quantity or access to any kind of food. Affording better food is going to be more expensive, surely. But every time someone decries organic food being elitist and expensive, I call b.s. All of India eats organic food. It's just called "food" there.
It's the non-organic food in America that's the freakazoid mutant that is created through heavy processing and the use of fossil fuel subsidies. So how is that somehow hundreds of millions of Indians manage to get by on their meager livelihoods eating organic food but the US thinks it's impossible? Questions must be asked here.
Restaurants largely would not exist if not for immigrant workers, many of them with questionable documentation. And the food that is grown, that's also dependent on the same labor structures. Some Americans decry illegal and even legal immigrants, but everything from growing crops to raising livestock to meat packing to operating restaurants would be much more expensive without them.
You can't complain about minimum wage being too high, the presence of undocumented workers, and the price of food all at the same time -- that's just pure economic fantasy. One if not two of those factors needs to budge to address the others.
I also have to cast doubt on the idea that Americans cannot afford to buy decent food. This goes beyond the money Americans spend on video games, TV subscriptions, and avocado toast. The US is the most overweight country on the planet pretty much, so clearly it's not a question of quantity or access to any kind of food. Affording better food is going to be more expensive, surely. But every time someone decries organic food being elitist and expensive, I call b.s. All of India eats organic food. It's just called "food" there.
It's the non-organic food in America that's the freakazoid mutant that is created through heavy processing and the use of fossil fuel subsidies. So how is that somehow hundreds of millions of Indians manage to get by on their meager livelihoods eating organic food but the US thinks it's impossible? Questions must be asked here.
And I agree about Americans spending money on nonsense instead of better food.
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it’s not okay to do it, they’re antifa pretending to be trumpers. Republicans would never eat organic food
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it’s not about organic or not, there are no issues with GMO food regardless of what some people say. There’s nothing wrong with making food grow faster and better, after all, apples used to be tart instead of sweet. That’s all normal evolution of food.
waste is a problem but that comes down to capitalism, companies would rather throw food away than give it away for free. I get why some places do it but it can be handled much better. At the end of the day, there’s more than enough healthy food for everyone in America
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it’s not about organic or not, there are no issues with GMO food regardless of what some people say. There’s nothing wrong with making food grow faster and better, after all, apples used to be tart instead of sweet. That’s all normal evolution of food.
waste is a problem but that comes down to capitalism, companies would rather throw food away than give it away for free. I get why some places do it but it can be handled much better. At the end of the day, there’s more than enough healthy food for everyone in America
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The mainstream media did the same thing in Minneapolis though. They found one white dude who smashed a window and said he created the chaos in Minneapolis not the hundreds of black people looting and burning shit.
It’s often amazing how gullible conservatives are, and how absolutely unwilling to take responsibility for their actions lol. A couple hundred MAGA morons arrested, and one BLM guy is proof that it was a false flag operation led by BLM and Antifa.


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