09-12-2015, 04:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-12-2015, 04:24 AM by APeacefulWarrior.)
(09-12-2015, 04:01 AM)indolering Wrote: Sure, there are important cultural factors which influence dietary decisions. But that's irrelevant to people who begin to realize the implications of eating food which is obviously inferior and deleterious to health. Ultimately, this is a personal decision for every human being, and to think that simply because one belongs to a culture which indulges in something negative that it's difficult to change. McDonalds will never leave the USSA because we are steeped in this type of idiocy and brainwashed from birth to view food as fuel regardless of other factors.
... AND the economic factors I mentioned, and you ignored, that makes fast food effectively a necessity for millions of lower-income workers. Then, calling people "brainwashed" is simply dismissive and deliberately ignoring the very REAL economic situation that far too many people are in right now. If someone is working multiple jobs in a day, or subsisting on the joke we call minimum wage, they almost never have viable alternatives which they could actually partake in. This goes double for those in inner cities who may not even have much choice in eating besides which convenience food outlet they choose.
Past a certain point of poverty, calories-per-dollar/minute IS a primary concern, because that's what they need for day-to-day survival regardless of the long term impact. And that has nothing to do with "brainwashing," nor do you help by implying they're all stupid. It's just the reality of poverty in America among people living from paycheck to paycheck without good alternatives.
You're basically wishing out loud that America's entire culture AND economy would magically change to fit your values. That's hardly practical.