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Fast food should be expensive. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I get that until recently it was considered normal and relatively cheap, but you are literally paying someone else to make food for you.

It can't be sustainable without exploitation of workers and/or animal welfare to have that available to the majority of people on a regular basis.

If you can only afford fast food as a luxury, to me that seems like a good thing.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (16 children)

Try "healthy food should not be a luxury".

I'm sure McDonalds would be glad to increase their bottom line by increasing the prices on their products, while giving none back to their hard working employees.

Cigarettes are more expensive than ever, yet people keep smoking. You don't fix a problem by beating on its victims.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

According to the CDC, price increases are the most effective way to reduce tobacco consumption.

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/economics/econ_facts/index.htm#economic-costs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I found a meta analysis that also deals with that subject, the gist of it is, "it's complicated": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228562/

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