You Can't Fix All The Problems
This Washington Post article is just one example I happened to read in the last 5 minutes, but really it's a larger bee in my bonnet.
The premise of the article is: gosh, it's a real headscratcher why poor people buy junk food and rich people eat fruits and veggies--given that, as the data shows, income and access ("food deserts") don't account for all, or even the majority of, the difference. They start to dip their toe into the murky waters of culture and social conditioning, but still, their conclusions are stupid: Quote:
The answer is not to teach them how to cook healthy meals, or to put a Whole Foods on every corner, or to give them free vegetables. It's far more fundamental than that. |
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Yabbut on the other hand:
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You either have to take away the choice, or write those people off. Either position is arguable, but it's foolish to think we can have it both ways. Edit to add: I know you weren't disagreeing with me, per se. Like I said, this is just a particular bee in my bonnet. |
Honest to God, now, who goes to McD's and gets apple slices?
Why are you at McD's?!?!?! |
I agree with you 100%. (My bee is how the idea of "food deserts" came into fashion at all. The shops in the ghetto are simply what the people demand.)
In the ghetto, it makes sense to take the marshmallow. Where the rules of your life are promises are broken, and property is stolen, it's only the things in hand that you can actually trust. The test is designed to measure real-world success, the kids are running the ghetto program. Failure is programmed right in. It's the worst thing ever. |
You can't always fix what you want.
You can't always fix what you want. But if you try sometimes. You fix what you need. |
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