Overconsumption leading to widespread obesity while a large fraction of the world is hungry - the capitalist solution? Let's invent a pill so we can eat EVEN MORE.
I feel like this is a weirdly cynical response. GLP-1s actually inhibit appetite. I took a friend on them once to a nice cafe I’d found and even though he agreed their pastries were delicious he didn’t finish his and took it home. There seem to be pretty clear signs that GLP-1 inhibitors are decreasing overall food consumption.
I’m not even sure this is a capitalist solution. Sure, Novo Nordisk is making a ton of money with these pills at the moment, but at least externally it seems like their decisions are controlled by the foundation (of course, money talks and no one is immune).
I know plenty of people who are scared of needles and I’m not sure they should have to suffer from diabetes if they should develop it.
Separately, and I’m not an expert but slightly more knowledgeable than a layperson, but food scarcity is rarely because of overconsumption in the global West. The blame usually lies with corrupt local organizations working with NGOs and poor quality transmission routes rather than global food markets.
I think of it differently. Capitalism has altered/hijacked peoples reward centers with hyper refined foods and it's a huge struggle for a lot of people to get out of that. We had drug pushers and very little help to get out of the addiction loop.
I used to think people just needed to "eat less", CICO and etc. Just like i thought people needed to just get off drugs. I think that's wrong, now.
These days it seems more apparent that some people are just more prone to addiction. The fact that i don't struggle with drinking or drugs is not due to my own will. Neither do i struggle with food, i'm frankly indifferent to food. So just as much as i seem gifted by nature to not be addicted to these things, others are innately pulled towards addictive substances.