re: My feeling on capitalism

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Another thing about capitalism...you can CHOOSE not to do business w/ those companies (in the sense that you don't have to buy their products off the shelves. We are forced to do business w/ them through govt guarantees and subsidies). Other companies supply foods which don't have those chemicals, right?

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Other companies do supply those foods. Unfortunately, doing things the right way isn't nearly as efficient as manufacturing a "perfect" tomato. My point is that working to achieve maximum profit doesn't mean you're working for the greater good. Typically, it's profit for profit's sake.

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Hell, our "poor" are FAT.

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In our case it's an indication of a problem, not a triumph.

When you have the majority of the nation eating diets of fake food-like products it causes a number of issues, one of them being weight gain.

Weight is not an indication of health.

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you can CHOOSE not to do business w/ those companies (in the sense that you don't have to buy their products off the shelves. We are forced to do business w/ them through govt guarantees and subsidies)

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Which is why any capitalist had better at least be an AnCap.

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Other companies supply foods which don't have those chemicals, right?

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Organic farmers have to pay for certification, while big GMO farms get subsidies. It's not fair for pricing. Yes, I get that government is to blame for the subsidies.

But understand that big business and government work together.

When the government banned or tried banning wood burning stoves everyone got mad at the government for regulating, but the truth is the energy companies wanted the ban so everyone would have to get on the energy grid.