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by rho138 2 days ago
We shouldn’t be thought of kindly. We’re essentially post food scarcity in the US and children are still sent to school starving. Not only did we fail the here and now, but we’ve failed our future brothers and sisters.
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The hilarity of being post food scarcity when the quality of food in stores has declined precipitously both in terms of nutrient density and taste. Most of the processed food contains high fructose corn syrup, sketchy preservatives, and worse. Even if people think we “succeeded” on this front, the truth is that we have failed. The ultimate consequences of our failure have yet to play out.
Both are true: modern food systems can improve availability and shelf-stability while still degrading average nutritional quality.
I have stripped out a lot of nuance in how it is portrayed in the book, but I do completely agree with you.