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pitenius

My best guess is the outrage produced by pharma-bro is being turned into goodwill for pharma who will then use "grassroot" support to abolish or leash the FDA , which is a money pit already, so they don't have to test their drugs or use the Chinese model.

Killing the FDA is the dream of a lot of the ... health conspiracists (a.k.a., the "NaturalNews Crowd"). Feels good, right? Nah, feels grrr-eat !

Womb_Raider

If anything, we need to strengthen the FDA and have their regulations improved. European food is simply better. They have stricter food controls.

Even the KFC surpasses ours.

ElspethTirel

I agree with your premise, but the execution is impossible currently. The U.S. federal government is a fucking circus act. A lot of things need to be changed, because the corruption is rampant and no matter what the "law says," corporations can pad the pockets of those in charge.

pitenius

I somewhat agree with your conclusion, but the old chestnut among the conspiracy-minded is that evil never wants freedom -- it wants regulation, because regulations can be corrupted and controlled. It's worth asking who the FDA works for. I'd say that most governmental regulatory agencies hold to Mussolini's definition of fascism: government in service of industry. That's (honestly) both good and bad.

And, yeah, even MacDo is good overseas.

Womb_Raider

It's just weird that the food in Europe is so significantly better. You would think that a free(er) market would bring tastier, fresher food... but it seems to do the opposite in the search for profit

pitenius

Food and borders are weird. It's part of why I can't really join in FPH. If you live in the tropics, it's easy to bleed webight. Live in the cold? Welcome to tubiness. I'd also guard against considering "Europe" as a whole: the EU wants you to do that, but... the food varies. I personally have difficulty in .it and .uk, but other places work for me.

FreeMarketeers will tell you that people would always pick tastier food, but... the "free market" is a bit of a lie. Most profit-seeking industries are as interested in creating demand as filling and manufacturing shortages as manufacturing product. They're happy enough to have the FDA around. Look at "raw milk cheese". It's a good excuse for Kraft to move "non-cheese" and outlaw real cheese.

SaneGoatiSwear

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whether by conspiracy or other method..

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