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0 pointsAndrewKemendo3y ago0 comments

>The tickle down has been happening for the past 70 years, and the regular people have been benefiting so much that it looks normal now.

This is just not true based on the data. The rich eat well - but food insecurity is still RAMPANT because of greed.

Food is less healthy now than ever and the majority of the population is malnourished - that is to say eating the wrong thing - despite us having enough capacity to produce quality food for everyone.

Food deserts ensure that the poorest people get the worst food.

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transcoderx3y ago

Isn't junk food generally more expensive than vegetables?

AndrewKemendoOP3y ago

Not really - the McDonalds dollar menu is what a lot of poor people live on because they have no time or energy to shop and cook.

Again a big piece of this is because food deserts don't have fresh food, so you have to commute to shop often.

transcoderx3y ago

Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there?

Tbh I am skeptic of the whole narrative. Maybe the poor simply tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods.

AndrewKemendoOP3y ago

>Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there?

Because they don't have as much money as other areas so people follow the money with where they provide services

>tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods

This is also true and again structural - see above. Poor areas don't get school funding because school funding is based on county property taxes and thus, do more poorly than rich areas

It literally all boils down to structural inequality

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transcoderx3y ago

Isn't junk food generally more expensive than vegetables?

AndrewKemendoOP3y ago

Not really - the McDonalds dollar menu is what a lot of poor people live on because they have no time or energy to shop and cook.

Again a big piece of this is because food deserts don't have fresh food, so you have to commute to shop often.

transcoderx3y ago

Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there?

Tbh I am skeptic of the whole narrative. Maybe the poor simply tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods.

AndrewKemendoOP3y ago

>Why doesn't anybody open a food shop there?

Because they don't have as much money as other areas so people follow the money with where they provide services

>tend to lack education, including knowledge about healthy foods

This is also true and again structural - see above. Poor areas don't get school funding because school funding is based on county property taxes and thus, do more poorly than rich areas

It literally all boils down to structural inequality

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