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by mrybczyn 778 days ago
LOL "the market demands". Sure, and Opium was also demanded by the market, should we just add it to all food items?
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No we shouldn't. But we also shouldn't pretend that demand for opium is manufactured by evil people. There's high demand for opium because it makes people feel really good.

The same thing is true for junk food. People eat it because it tastes good. How much food should be regulated is up for debate but there's something irritating about this reflex to blame every problem on some shadowy cabal of rich people.