cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/22143130
People in despair don’t care about much at all. Nevermind this shit is addictive, psychologically manipulative, it also acts as a little dopamine hit in an otherwise miserable life. Obesity deaths are deaths of despair.
Imagine if people wanted to live.
Then make the decision to live. Let people choose. You want to exercise? Do it. You don’t? Then don’t. You want to eat shit? Then eat shit. You don’t? Then eat better. Oh no I don’t have the willpower to stop eating shit but now I can’t afford to continue so it doesn’t matter? This isn’t improvement
People don’t just randomly make the decision to live, they need to have things for which to live.
You’re right, taxing sugar isn’t an answer. Banning it is better, somewhat, but it’s still not the best solution.
The best solution is to make people want to stop eating like shit and stop killing themselves. I called obesity deaths “deaths of despair” because it’s really not much different from any other unhealthy/dangerous behavior be that drug abuse, self harm, etc. Screaming “make the decision to live” at people is kinda fucking stupid lol
