You know what the funny thing is? The economic foundation of supply and demand is quickly forgotten by people as the critics say “the food industry now does not have to worry about public health”. If people stopped demanding it, then it would not be profitable to produce such crap (but sometimes nummy) food. The fact is that it’s there because we all still ask for it.
Has anyone seen the Phillip Morris Ads on TV pointing to the website that tells you how bad smoking is for you? The thing is, they figure (much like the fast food industry does, I’m sure) that these things are all such a part of our culture that it doesn’t matter how bad they tell us the stuff is, we’ll still be asking for it and making it profitable for them to sell to us.
I think the government is just saying “Hey people, you can’t blame McDonald’s for your fat ass because YOU are the one going in there and spending YOUR money on stuff that YOU KNOW is not good for you. Why is it we externalize so much of our responsibility? “It’s God’s will and the devil made me do it”… Um, OK I’ll leave that one for another entry.
Surely they could begin to legislate “vices” out of existence, but then we’d all be up in arms about our freedom to choose being taken away from us.
So, the moral of the story? Hey, you have a choice, so CHOOSE WISELY.
Do you want democracy? then speak up and let your choices speak for themselves. Otherwise, sit your soon to be fat ass down on the couch and I recommend you start taking an aspirin a day. They’ll thin your blood so that you can continue to live with your choices just a little longer.
