You certainly aren't wrong about the idea that the United States could spend billions and billions of extra dollars on nutrition and health benefits to no real effect, since people won't develop better habits, but don't really seem to be grasping that these facts are related. A system that incentivizes stupid behavior is going to incentivize it across the board. Of course Archer-Daniels Midland is going to pocket the money while not making any serious effort to solve the problem. Why wouldn't they? All this nonsense is just a pretext to hand them the money as a bribe and their bottom line still relies on people maintaining bad habits.
Ironically enough, though, I agree with you that money is better spent on the Europa expedition. Because it's as much about values as it is the actual task at hand. A population excited about space travel is a population that values scientific literacy, and that's worthwhile even if you think space travel is the dumbest thing imaginable. What does DEI funding get us, by comparison? A population that thinks Kamala Harris deserves to be president not because of anything she can do or wants to do, but just because she checks off enough boxes?
To be fair, it obviously hasn't been working. At least when Archer-Daniels Midland poisons us, they're poisoning us with something that tastes good.
You certainly aren't wrong about the idea that the United States could spend billions and billions of extra dollars on nutrition and health benefits to no real effect, since people won't develop better habits, but don't really seem to be grasping that these facts are related. A system that incentivizes stupid behavior is going to incentivize it across the board. Of course Archer-Daniels Midland is going to pocket the money while not making any serious effort to solve the problem. Why wouldn't they? All this nonsense is just a pretext to hand them the money as a bribe and their bottom line still relies on people maintaining bad habits.
Ironically enough, though, I agree with you that money is better spent on the Europa expedition. Because it's as much about values as it is the actual task at hand. A population excited about space travel is a population that values scientific literacy, and that's worthwhile even if you think space travel is the dumbest thing imaginable. What does DEI funding get us, by comparison? A population that thinks Kamala Harris deserves to be president not because of anything she can do or wants to do, but just because she checks off enough boxes?
To be fair, it obviously hasn't been working. At least when Archer-Daniels Midland poisons us, they're poisoning us with something that tastes good.