Each year more people by far die of chronic diseases caused by a bad food system than have died of coronavirus, but we don't treat it as a national emergency. Why? Because chemical companies, food companies, and big agricultural companies make trillions of dollars off that system
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I'm not going to disagree, but what is the solution?
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Our FDA and other agencies have been “captured” by corporate interests whose overreach those agencies were set up to protect us from. #VoteProgressive

Mar 28, 2021 · 10:41 PM UTC

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Isn't it a little naive to think giving government more power won't be used for the benefit of the bureaucratic machine?
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It's not about "more power." Those agencies exist and they should. It's about how their power is used. Their power should be to protect the people, not corporate profits. Read Michael Lewis' book THE FIFTH RISK.
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Good identification of the problem. Absolutely laughable solution.
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Voting progressive will solidify this problem. A government program is not the answer. The ONLY answer is to get off the grid and survive the current Holocaust we are now in.
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I'm sorry but when the left is aligned with big business that is a real problem for me. The response to Covid seems to demonstrate that in my eyes. I like you because you are a critical thinker but many of your 'progressive' colleagues seem to have gotten caught up in the machine
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