[SpicyLemonZest]

We can only crack down on a "food system that deliberately poisons everyone in society" if such a system actually exists.

* Food deserts are a problem, but the vast majority of Americans don't live in one. We just don't typically want to eat a pile of fresh veggies when there's other options available.

* Criticisms of HFCS are, as far as I can tell, entirely viral misinformation - not once have I seen someone point to concrete evidence that HCFS is worse than table sugar.

It seems to me that this entire idea of a poisonous food system is an epicycle to avoid the obvious conclusion, that our bodies are calibrated on average to eat ourselves into obesity when we have the means to do so. If you don't start from the premise that there must be an external reason we're getting heavier, it's very hard to explain why potato chips should be any more unhealthy than a traditional breakfast of potatoes and bacon.

[astrange]

IIRC food deserts are a demand issue, not supply. The reason healthy food doesn't exist in those neighborhoods is because it closed because people didn't go there.

[SpicyLemonZest]

I've heard that too, but even if true it's still a problem for the minority of people in the area who would have liked to get fresh veggies and such.