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They used to some things we're just now catching on to dialed in back in the day.

I eat great, whole natural foods almost exclusively outside of the rare break, and probably spend less money on food than the vast majority of people suffering from poor diets in the U.S. It's not the capitalism, it's stupidity.

Agreed, I'd say Vietnam is in my top 5 places for great food. Thing is, Vietnam's food is good because of their cultural capitol that's been built up continuously over thousands of years, much like Mexico's and the Mediterranean's. T The reality of the matter is this, their economy has been reformed to allow for capitalism and more free market activity now, which allows for enough food to be produced. After Communism took over up until 1993, every bad harvest under their centrally planned "non-capitalist" economy resulted in a famine, AKA not enough food, and people literally going food insecure. Before the free market reforms there, opening up their economy to investors, western tourists, etc. they regularly relied on UN’s "World Food Programme" due to famine, and they needed financial assistance from the Soviet Union, and other Eastern Bloc countries. As late as 1993, 79.7 percent of the Vietnamese population was living in poverty. he only thing less Facts. I'm not trying to make a "loaded question", I'm trying to make a point. You'll never catch me getting emotional over this shit, or intentionally insulting any of you. I'm just pointing out my perspective as respectfully as possible even though it doesn't align with the anti-government, and anti-capitalist perspectives everyone else is sharing. My point was, there's good food under capitalism, and that loaded question proved my point.

What non-capitalist places do you guys know of with better food?

I like for the grand finally he loses both the cars, and that ass in the shot. Also that's drag racing, involves a totally different meth lifestyle. 0NSaUsGBxsW4fZ3_.mp4

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The other day I stopped scrolling and rewatched a video of a latin chick in the thicc thread and right after @misteravensent me a DM personally suggesting a specific brand of beans & rice. Shit's weird.

The fucking around part is buying a fucking Kia.

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Little women that had that back door blown out so heavy it sounds like air brakes on an 18 wheeler?

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You ever had an itch on Uranus that a fart satisfied for you. This guys got weeks of satisfying flatulence ahead of him. Living the dream.

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I think the greatest evidence is the American supermarkets. You've got Produce, some dairy, and meats. the other 70% of the store is processed foods. Even the bakery isle isn't fresh bread baked on site chemical free, it's shipped in by the truckload full of preservatives. In Asian food markets, or when you travel to other places that's not the case. For example, my parents bought processed mashed potatoes in a box. That shit is gross, and they'd complain about real mashed potatoes being "lumpy". When I first moved out on my own I'd eat shit like Hamburger helper, hot pockets, Mac N' Fake Cheese, Ramen noodles (with no fresh ingredients added on top) etc. because it took slightly less effort to prepare. The notion of starting every meal with a knife, whole ingredients, and a chop board seemed foreign, ancient, and retarded. It wasn't until I married my first wife from Japan that I realized just how backwards this shit was here. Till this day I still prefer fake peanut butter over real, and still prefer jellied cranberry sauce over the real shit but that's about it. My tastes have completely flipped other wise, and I could never go back. I really miss my Grandmother's trad American cooking/baking now. Also, one of the reasons I couldn't take American women seriously when I started dating after I got divorced. Foreign only unless it's just to smash. Very few places on this planet outside of the U.S. were robbed of these essential culinary skills. Americans women are clueless about preparing food for the most part. Sometimes from the inside looking out as an American, it's hard to notice just how profound this discrepancy with Americans is. Like yea, you may notice obesity a little but you think it's due to food abundance or some shit. Not that I like women's potential being automatically wasted on homemaking alone, but ever since feminism took of mid/late 20th century, and made knowing how to cook/bake go out of style food took a dive and never recovered. Food prep is now done in factories, with chemicals, because that's what people here buy. Not just that, but our food prep is being done by people who give zero fucks about us, just waiting to clock out. Food should be prepared by yourself, or someone else who loves and respects you & your health, and occasionally a culinary artist you pay well, not some factory, or fast food assembly line workers.

Weird thing I've noticed lately. I used to think tattoos on women were kinda hot back in the day when they weren't so commonplace. Not so much any more. To me it obscures what I appreciate the most, like a painting on a great sculpture. Don't get me wrong, it's still smashville, but these days I don't want to see shit, unless it's electrical tape.

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Word is the homies took him to Taco Bell right after. So he's got that going for him. Which is nice.

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Here's a good one. Iranian MMA fighter goes to Russia, gets offended by the ring girls attire and kicks her, knocked out 30 seconds after leaving the ring and almost lost his life. OdhciTN4KMV5OHGS.mp4

The corporations trying to feed us harmful chemicals are the ones who write the regulations, and the lawmakers that should be doing something to stop it need to raise millions for the next campaign. Meanwhile this is America: Colorado Democrat.mp4

You're welcome.

Yep, like I said, profit is the only reason these businesses exist, so you could blame everything on that. To support that fact even further, the government allows the industries here to write the laws & regulations. The only obvious problem is that without profit there's almost no incentive to provide other people with food unless you're willing to use force and coerce people. On the same token, the government ultimately has the power to send men with guns to make people do whatever they tell them to, or lock them in cages, seize businesses, property etc. So, likewise you could blame everything on the government for not doing so. That's why Europe and other places have better food, they don't allow shit chemical ingredients. Blaming government as the sole reason for the problem is still wrong in my humble opinion. We live in a mob rule system where we can vote for whatever we want here. Blaming government in the context of comparing us to Europe would be even more correct IMO compared to blaming profit because obviously profit motives exist in Europe, Asia, Latin America, etc. Hate to beat a dead horse here but ultimately without profit nobody is going to build, and supply a McDonalds in the first place. So blaming this on either is foolish. Ultimately, it depends on how much you're willing to ignore facts that don't fit your pre existing bias against either Government, or Capitalism, and over emphasize the facts that do support your perspective. Me personally, I eat healthy foods from whole ingredients. My own personal bias leads me to believe people are generally retarded when it comes to the topic of food in the U.S. especially and would literally eat shit sandwiches if they were marketed correctly. I can explain socialism in practice with my own eyes in living in Germany for 7 years when the Iron Curtain was still in effect. People will ignore that and say well next time it will work out and it's laughable because it's failed every single time for obvious reasons. That said, you can tell people these foods aren't good for them over & over and guess what, they're not going to listen and continue to eat this garbage because they're fucking stupid, the even dumber ones will eat it and them blame everyone but themselves for their health issues. "Oh, the government didn't regulate this, oh. McDonalds just wants profit, etc." knowing full well the evidence was right there and they chose to ignore it to.