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Yes.
As you know I think it's a hopeless situation for our citizens and will inevitably get worse. And you know I don't really think self-control or things like that are the issue. I know it sounds all level-headed to say people need more self control, etc.
But you know, there are highly powerful - historically unprecedented - forces at work to sell things that are terribly fattening. What if these forces are more powerful than the average person's threshold ability to resist? It may be a psychological fact.
When over 40% of the items in a supermarket are unhealthy - yet are advertised the most powerfully - we may have reached a point where it is simply unreasonable to expect the average human being to eat responsibly.
I know this is not a very popular position. I just feel compelled to ask that it be considered. Because - what if it is true that people are psychologically overwhelmed beyond the point of being able to resist the forces that are pitted against them?
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