[quote]CaliKing wrote:
I think there are very strong forces at work behind the obesity epidemic in this country. All of the agriculture industries that grow corn, soybeans and wheat demand that their fillers be both subsidized and used in almost every product. There is corn in everyting, same with soy and wheat. There needs to be a major restructuring of our food system to shun the bad junk food that is so prevalent in our society.
All of this is why I hate our government and I hate gigantic food conglomerates that pump out hyper-processed crap, making people sick and fat. They want us to become helpless, so we become reliant upon them. Just look at the African American population in New Orleans, for years they relied upon the Democratic party to “help” them with their problems. All of that “help” actually made them worse off. The government can’t save you, they actually will destroy you in the end.
Americans have had it too easy for too long, we don’t have threats to our safety and our economy shelters us from major problems. We have become fat, weak and stupid, ripe for the plucking. There is a large section of our society that will no longer fight for freedom, there are vast populations of people that can’t fight for their freedom, being they are too stupid or too fat and weak. That is why I love T-Nation, the ideals are based upon freedom and self-dependance, not eating from the trough of government and corporate propoganda.[/quote]
You’re a little bit off-base. There’s not some mass conspiracy. They just want to make money and don’t particularly care about the social costs. Just like the cigarette companies. They just want to make money. They really don’t want to kill their customers. It’s just a by-product.