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I think the problem is much wider than this. This is too myopic: a mayor banning a single food product to a distinct set of people.
The problem is with the food system itself. Junk food is often cheaper than healthful food, and that's because to a large extent the taxpayers help pay for it.
I think I have the craziest idea of all: how about we stop subsidizing for cheap meat, dairy, and corn, and start subsidizing for cheap organic fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains?
Am I fucking crazy or what? Somebody stop me!
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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