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Live like a libertarian! Don't think the planes are safe? Just don't fly. Don't think the food is safe? Just don't eat.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

This afternoon, the top FDA food official responsible for overseeing America's food safety and inspections resigned from the federal government.

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Libertarians are some of the dumbest people I've ever met, which is what makes it extra depressing to realize maga isn't so much populist as it is... Libertarian. Ugh.

Here we go! Now the lack of regulation begins. Food safety is the single most important thing that keeps people healthy. People will start dropping like flies!

How do you not participate in the economy? Try not to be a stupid consumer. When have you ever heard an economist suggest mandatory accounting in the schools. Economists do not talk about planned obsolescence or the depreciation of cars and consumer durables. See: NET Domestic Product v1974

We need to live like we're in the 17th century. Cook the everloving fuck out of everything. It'll kill most, but not all, of the bad stuff. And for the love of the gods of old, don't drink raw milk.

Tell that to McDonalds,KFC, Burger King, Chipotle, or litterally any other fast food franchise. Grocery stores know that all they have to do to get people to eat unhealthy is put the junk food at the front.

This is the blind spot most libertarians have: they never stop to think that *they* might be the ones getting fucked, it'll always be the other guy. It'll never be YOUR wife or YOUR child who dies from some untested medication or contaminated food or unsafe electrical appliance.

They're resigning because they don't want to be sued. The things they're being asked to do, are illegal. I wouldn't go to jail for someone else's harebrained idea, either. What these folks REALLY need to do though, is explain to the public the illegal s**t that has been asked of them.

you realize the FDA has never valued american health. im not here to argue i promise. just explain to me what illegal things are being asked of them? no one has ever questioned these people, having the table flipped over every once in awhile is how government organizations should be standard

Why should they ? Folks allowed a rapist convict to rule them. These folks can get jobs in the private sector or consult for other countries that care about the health and welfare of their citizens. If I could afford to get out of this shithole country I would.

Our food hasn't been safe for decades, monitored by the FDA. The ingredients that the US allows that the EU banned is a long list. But when a country has national health, they tend to give a fuck about its citizens' health. Here, it's a set up to support Big Pharma and the med indus complex.

More fool you. Why do you think they wash the chickens in chlorine? Your organic food has more pesticide get outs than in any other country. That's one of the reasons our farmers do not want a trade deal with the US.

Yep. We an grow our own. Can’t rely on our government to protect us. That is their goal. It is steal as much money they can either through insider info or controlling the stock prices. It’s not libertarian because I’m not. It’s common sense. Stop labeling everything.

Hey, MAGAs out there! Just look what you've done with your vote. Our skies are no longer safe, our work places are no longer safe, our food is no longer safe, our schools were never safe now they never, ever will be, our farms are gone, our Allies are leaving. You did a great job in killing us all!

This has been the goal for decades. Revert america back to when men were men and women knew their place and those icky minorities could be freely oppressed. It's romanticized in the right winger moron textbook. Everything was great, nothing was bad because the white man ruled all

Live like a libertarian? I guess you don't have insurance because that's a very 'socialist' idea, contributions of the many paying for the misfortunes of the few. You don't need to stick to the speed limit, you wouldn't cause an accident by speeding. Your liberty is paramount.

How stupid and trashy are we that after //that// picture he still got elected? I knew on some level but that is the shittiest "if this was a parody it wouldn't even be funny" image possible. Some shitty orange fuckrag smiling as he stands before tables of cold fast food IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

We can't trust the government with our food. We should put our trust in bsuinesses like Subway that get sued for not having tuna in its tuna sandwiches. Surely the free market wouldn't allow bad businesses to thrive

Yes trusting capitalist businesses focussed on shareholder value and their bottom line to police. And consumers to be able to make informed decisions when said businesses have no responsibility to inform. What could possibly go wrong.

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Years ago my Gramps read that Cambodia was still full of mines, farming was deadly, folk were starving. Then he read about a 'plague' of kangaroos in Australia. His idea, send the 'roos to Cambodia! 🤣 Anyone know of where there's excess wasps? Also, apropos of nothing, what is the BOT's address?

I must admit I was a little bit miffed with Gramps, I was young, my first thought was 'poor 'Roos'. He patiently explained stuff, until I was a puddle of juvenile tears over what 'my country' had wrought. I have the utmost respect for heroes worldwide risking their lives to undo the harms of wars.

Uh no. Government workers don't make a lot of money. I meant they want to stay on the right side of history and the law by avoiding doing their dirty work 🤷

They might be replaced by pawns, yes, AND at the same time we can't blame individual people for the hard decisions they have to make in lose-lose scenarios - this is the fault of the group of people at the top and the system at large

I agree AND the people who hold these high positions have the most power to hold fast and say NO to these tyrannical overlords. Individuals don't have much power, true, but the collective of individuals in positions of power do. They have to stand up, not resign. It's complicated, I know.

I would agree to that, too! Somebody in power has to stand up and it's worth it for the good of the cause. I try to empathize with the fact that it's a tough spot to be in when there's a lot at stake, whichever decision these people make.

At least if they went full libertarian all drugs would be legal as well as sex work—and no wars/proxy bs. We are just getting the worst part of libertarianism. No regulations on corporations, but keep regulations for civilians.

Nah, there'd still be wars, they'd just be fought by corporations directly without any public oversight or ability to rein in or stop. And, no regulations for corporations but just for civilians is the goal of libertarianism; you're still subject to a government, just a tyrannical one that owns you.

Libertarians don’t want anything illegal if it’s victimless, so idk about their goal being regulations for citizens—it’s kinda the main diff between R’s and libertarians. Small gov is huge republican platform…regulations for citizens and not for corporations is just common Repub shit.

I'm more talking about how libertarian ideology would work in real life. There wouldn't be citizens with rights recognized and protected by the government; there would be an owning class with the working class bound to them via exploitative contracts. You only get rights if you can afford them.

It’ll be prudent for Canada to stop importing American foods at this point. If there’s no confidence in the safety of these products due to cuts then we need to protect ourselves. Vaccine passports to Canada may also be necessary because we can trust Americans to follow medically proven protocols.

In addition to protests and boycotts we need to give more support to the parallel society that has been building for some time based on the growing worker cooperative and community land trust movements. Parallel society was how Eastern Europe defeated totalitarianism there and how we can defeat rump

Isn’t that swell When they give us Kennedy Jr. and everyone gets fired, resigns or quits What could go wrong? I am sad to see so many just throwing in the towel without a fight… This stuff is important Y’all At least that’s what I have believed all my life.

There is no sense in taking the blame for a Department's inability to perform their mission if the people that are performing the mission are fired by the establishment I wouldn't fall into that trap either I would definitely resign also

In America, food has been reduced to calories, vitamins, and dieting. We think it's a science, but we have just modified our exchange-relationship with food: "You give me convenience, I give you brand loyalty." Totally broken, our health care costs show this, and I seriously doubt this will change.

Please, there are probably a spattering of libertarians trying to live outside the framework of our government systems. (my guess they use roads and other govt services). The rest are armchair warriors writing fan fiction on social media.

FDA inspectors were reduced, and the budget slashed under Donald the first time. I don't believe that was remedied under Biden. Recalls have exploded and it reflects the damage done by Donald and inaction of Biden.

Imho, sarcasm being seen as the lowest form of humor depends on one's point of view, mostly it's darn funny in context, and I reckon better a poor sense of humor than none at all 😊 Also, if something looks like an a-hole one is likely to be viewing it from below. Beware of being pooped upon.☂️🍊💩