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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by avgcorrection on Saturday February 11, 2023 @02:07PM (#34755230)
Good health is more effective than ill-health.

Part of the deal with consumer capitalism is that there needs to be consumption. Which means that people have to consume a lot of their means on stuff. Gullet-stuff being one of them.

Blacks are of course poorer than whites. Them being more obese is not a sign of overabundance among Blacks.

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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by blfr on Saturday February 11, 2023 @02:45PM (#34755610)
You cannot be obese without overabundance of calories.
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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by avgcorrection on Saturday February 11, 2023 @03:04PM (#34755785)
Boring and useless point.
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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by blfr on Saturday February 11, 2023 @03:13PM (#34755858)
I quite like an esoteric theory but it should at least sound plausible. There is no need for a convoluted explanation with power dynamics and economic system denying people access to food when Americans are clearly suffering no such problem.
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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by avgcorrection on Saturday February 11, 2023 @04:57PM (#34756820)
> denying people access to food when

Are you replying to someone else? I haven’t said that someone/some entity is starving people/denying access to food. Try to stay coherent/on track.

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Re:‘Mutual aid’ is a radical ideal. Some live its communal s... by wizzwizz4 on Saturday February 11, 2023 @04:51PM (#34756771)
Calories are cheap.

> A 500g bag of budget pasta is, as we established, 29p. That’s 5 meals there of 100g of plain pasta, with no butter, no salt, no sauce, and no nutrition, and a whole 147 calories per gruesome meal.

https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2022/04/12/its-not-about-the...

(By the way, that website has a lot of information about cheap, nutritious food. Jack's currently running it at cost, in addition to all her other work.)

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