In Capitalist America : usauthoritarianism

[–] tee9000 3 points 18 hours ago

Do they look like that though?

[–] Gammelfisch 5 points 23 hours ago

Everything goes to the lowest bidder. I'm certain the samples looked a lot better.

[–] SeattleRain 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

We wouldn't be the most powerful nation on earth of it were any other way.

[–] Glifted 3 points 19 hours ago

Maybe being the most powerful is overrated

[+] Mango -52 points 1 day ago (30 children)

Tbh, the way schools run is more akin to communism than capitalism. That food is trash because the school cafeteria isn't competing with anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The food is trash because the budget was cut down to the bone ("muh taxes") and the cafeteria workers have to bulk purchase out a bunch of prepackaged ingredients made by companies that lobbied the government to reclassify tomatoes as vegetables so they can squeeze out a little more profit. You're right about one thing though; there's no competition. The game was rigged by corporations from the start.

[–] Mango -4 points 20 hours ago

Real competition is the core of capitalism. There needs to be direct customer choice, and prices that aren't just fixed.

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[–] Kaput 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or is it the other way around?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean without the strong police, there would be an upcoming rebellion by the schoolkids?

[–] Kaput 10 points 1 day ago

I mean that police will be deployed to any demonstrations trying to improve the school lunches. Or any other standard of living.

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