Food Fascism And The GOP's War On Poor People's Plates

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Billionaires say no more cookies for you, peasants!

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/day-43-food-fascism-and-the-gops



Only yesterday morning, we discussed “Healthy Tomorrow for Texas.” By the afternoon, Lois Kolkhorst (R-SD18), joined by several other Republicans, held a press conference to discuss how they plan to make Texas healthy again. But, WOW, their press conference was totally unhinged.

On its face, it seems like a great idea, and there are aspects of this initiative that even leftists will support, like improving food labels. However, as the press conference went on, it became clear that it was much more complex than that.

It all started with a simple premise: Kolkhorst discussed the links between diet, chronic diseases, and cancer. You know, food is medicine. That sort of thing. Something that most of us already know.


Kolkhorst highlighted her bill, SB25, which will:

Improve Texas school’s P.E. curriculum.

Mandate a nutrition curriculum.

Creates the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee.

Improve food labels.

[Pull_Left]

1. Reading the article, yeah, was that crazy

but for food restrictions? I can't disagree with banning known bad additives, junk food, sodas, etc no differently than banning alcohol, tobacco, luxury items, gambling, etc.

It's hardly "Food Fascism" as the author says with the references to Nazis, and forcing better food choices has nothing to do with industrial chemicals as the author irrationally tried to link. This is also just stupid - dignity over healthy food:

SNAP recipients should be free to make their own food choices. Restricting purchases undermines the dignity of those who rely on public assistance.

[Shell_Seas]

2. They're only banning those additives for students on free lunches, not all students.