Big Food vs. the People

Knowing about consequences and continuing those dark practices, it's like Online Streaming level of big tobacco product placements in every TV show targeting teens: not directly, but using behavioral masking and gentle introduction (check what Stranger Things does). Caffeinated sugary water, systematically introduced early in life - do they also own most other water sources right? price gauge, make sure at least water is more expensive (works pretty well also in Europe)

Can you blame them? Would you sue if the government suddenly decided your industry has to pay extra taxes, or they tried to restrict your advertising?

Honestly coca cola should probably thank the UK government for the sugar tax. They are the only ones that had the courage to keep the sugar and pay the tax, making their original soda the only potable soda in the UK.

I'm about as hippie with my food as you can get, but this "article" is badly written propaganda that conceals more than it reveals. Half way down the article you learn that ~80% (193 out of 239) of the lawsuits are in Mexico and

> many of them were against the country’s labelling regulation. Quinto Elemento Lab reveals the companies’ arguments: that the laws were a violation of their constitutional rights

But the article doesn't say what those rights are, which makes me think the lawsuits were just

"Senators don't have the luxury that a research scientist has of waiting for evidence." - 1977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFQc2kxm9c

FYI

obesity 1977 ~14% 2026 40%+

T2 Diabetes 1977 ~3% 2026 ~12%

The measures related to lawsuits are misleading and terrible, because of the way class-action lawsuits have incentivized lawyers to pursue dubious cases against large companies.

"But behind closed doors, they have taken governments to court" -- uh, I guess courtrooms technically have doors??

Link to the list of court cases: https://search.openaleph.org/entities/52243ef9aea6719ce8a69e...

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Fantastic infographics!

Ref.:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124738

america has a monopoly problem

Is it REALLY that hard for so many people to just stop drinking sugar water? I just don't get it. I can drink a soda or whatever once a year and thats more than enough for me, I usually don't even finish it. Is there something wrong with me or everyone else?

Very relevant: https://magarshak.com/blog/government-and-industry-distract-...