roguetelemetry:

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luciferandphilosophy:

spacedijks:

spacedijks:

kirbylesbian:

klimvoroshilov:

postirony:

Step 1: Look at the Price.

Step 2: Look in the Trash

because there can be a store like this full of food and people on the same block starving because they don’t have enough pieces of paper to trade for it.

because the people who planted, maintained, harvested, and inspected all that produce are compensated barely enough to sustain themselves

because in order to drive down the prices of bananas, the us government and american fruit corporations destroyed the democratically elected leftist governments of numerous central american countries, placing murderous despots at the head of these “banana republics”.

because the scars of these crimes against humanity still haunt millions to this day.

I work in a grocery store. We are considered one of the better chains for produce quality, and out of the stores of this kind in the local area, we actually have good produce sparing procedures. Despite all of that, we waste 40% (FOURTY) of all the produce we receive. I throw out my own body weight daily in produce. I am not exaggerating or joking. This is capitalism.

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Not to mention, in order to put acceptable produce on shelves tons of it is thrown away before reaching the store.  Most produce grows in thousands of varietals that are suppressed to make Supermarket ideals of produce for the public.  Generic strains tend to be less healthy than wild versions, corn is a good example.  But the idea of plenitude is what capitalism loves to sell.  Unless it’s Amazon, then there’s only 2 left, buy it now!