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Tom Brosz — (archived)

<...how does society get MacDonald's to put some vitamins in their burgers and remove some of the fat?

Ah. Mr. "Society" again. Amazing how much we can get away with if we say "society" is demanding it.

It's easy. In a free market, if enough members of "society" buy such burgers, they will sell them. There are many stores that specialize in such food, and people go there. It's not like McDonald's is a government monopoly, where it is illegal to eat anywhere else.

Fast food places have repeatedly tried to put out "veggieburgers" and the like, and people just don't like them. They don't sell. However, you can get a salad at McDonalds if you like.

The natural--almost kneejerk--response of some people is to FORCE Americans to eat the right foods (since they are obviously too stupid to make the right decisions on their own) or FORCE restaurants to provide the foods these people think "society" ought to eat, but we're not living in a country like that. Yet.

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