Brian Johnson argues that government corn and soy subsidies make cheap fast food affordable, driving overconsumption of animal products that causes major illnesses. The same system profits from both the disease and its treatment, creating a cycle he calls subsidizing sickness.
Hi, this is Brian with another mini chapter from A Philosopher's Notes. This one's called Subsidizing Sickness. You ever wonder why a hamburger at Mickey D's costs less than a head of romaine lettuce? Strange. No. You may not know it, but you're actually subsidizing the production of that hamburger and keeping it nice and cheap. Yep. Every year we all chip in billions of dollars in subsidies that go into the production of corn and soybeans that are fed to the factory farmed animals that get inhumanely slaughtered and served to us through the local drive through. Now if those hamburgers were nourishing us, those subsidies might not be all that bad. But we scientifically know that the over consumption of animal products is one of the primary causes of all the diseases that are crippling our world. It's literally insane. We're subsidizing the creation of sickness. What's most ironic and incredibly annoying is the fact that we're not only subsidizing the destruction of our health, we're also subsidizing the cure of these ailments that could have been avoided in the first place. Well, at least the meat and dairy factory farms and pharmaceutical industries are profiting enormously at our collective expense as they destroy the environment. Huh? Grr. I say it's time for us to pull our heads out of our collective buts and do something about this. Like now. Well, that is a quick rant on how we're subsidizing sickness. Let's quit doing it. We can change things by changing our individual behavior, influencing those who are influencing these things. And yeah, let's make a change. Let's make a difference. Hope you enjoyed. Look forward to sharing more with you in the future. Thank you for now. Have an awesome day. See you.
