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Wealthy people have always eaten this.

Name: Wealthy people have always eaten this.
Uploaded: 2024-07-26T21:30:11+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Dave Asprey
Description: In this YouTube monologue, Alicia Mackey Huber argues that throughout history the wealthy class has deliberately arranged food production and…

26 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, Alicia Mackey Huber argues that throughout history the wealthy class has deliberately arranged food production and distribution so that peasants performed the labor of raising livestock and crops while the elite consumed the higher‑value products. She cites examples from Europe, ancient Egypt, and the Inca civilization in Peru—highlighting practices such as importing fresh fish over long distances for the rulers while common people subsisted on corn and beans. The speaker acknowledges that the perspective is provocative and may offend, but frames it as a blunt truth about how human societies have been organized around class‑based food hierarchies.

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The wealthy class has always looked for a way to feed the peasants so the peasants would raise the milk and the meat and take care of things that needed taken care of. But it didn't cost too much. Like this shouldn't be that hard to think about. That's going to offend a lot of people. But you're just saying the truth. I'm sorry. Let's see. In Europe, did they do that? Yeah, they can. In Egypt, did they do that? Yeah. Let's go to Peru. Did the rulers in Peru have people run fresh fish in from the ocean 200 miles in before it could spoil? So they could eat the fish, but the other people ate the corn and beans and they were 4ft tall? Yes. So you can get mad at me for that. In which case you should just pass me the steak you probably didn't eat. And that's okay too. Like get angry. Whatever. This is how human history works.