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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The US is already shockingly unregulated as it is. But yeah, I guess they'll just let the free market deal with whether your food's full of poison or not.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If there's too much poison, there simply won't be a market for it. The Invisible Hand, once it's done squeezing someone's bowels out through their urethra, will give a gentle tap on the wrist to let the manufacturer know that it was too much poison. It's a self-correcting system with no need for meddlesome busybodies standing in the way of profits.

Tap for /s/s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

It does exactly what it says on the tin

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The alt-right supports animal abuse you say? People incapable of empathy for human animals also lack empathy for other animals you say? Shocking. Absolutely shocking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The kind of people who write they shooting dogs cause they having a good time.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A few years ago, when the UK was proposing a trade deal with the US, one of the biggest concerns being passed was around the shockingly low standards for US meat, particularly chlorinated chicken.

Some of what we were told was absolutely shocking, and it amazes me that the US are happy with these standards in their food. Any notion of lowering these standards is absolutely insane to me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

We can’t be unhappy about standards we don’t know about.

Big Ag works incredibly hard to prevent people from knowing the shitty things that happen to put American food in the stores. Even if some of it is brought to light, it isn’t widely presented, or most Americans don’t know to look for it. Then of course there is Profit Is God, and some may just say whatever it takes to make the billionaires happy is fine, they haven’t personally suffered any ill effects from the food.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The US overproduces food already. We do not need more. We need higher quality food that gets into the hands of everyone, with an agricultural work force that's paid better with improved working conditions, and which is robust to the threat of climate change. None of which will be solved with less regulation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah sure but the corporations would make more money from it and that's the only reason why they want less regulations even at the cost of human lives.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right on the cusp of the next pandemic lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At this point, I'm rooting for the germs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So long as it's not fungal. I don't want zombies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe the fungus zombies will be better voters?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They mean more screws in tuna cans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

There used to be a screw on tuna cans. Still is, but used to, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Soylent green, just grind up homeless people. High protein, low cost - win,win.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm getting inject bleach vibes. Antibiotic resistance is a real phenom and routinely injecting farm animals with antibiotics is a fast way to evolve antibiotic resistant organisms.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You liked COVID? What about an antibiotic resistant bubonic or pulmonary plague, for those 1300's vibes!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Bruh imagine the growth after deleting 30% of the pops! We're gonna be rich! Just tired of winning so much.

/s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those are some Fallout (the TV show canon at least) vibes!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I was trying to channel Trump and Texas separatists but my god you are right. Reality is scary. These people probably see vault-tec as inspiration.