This “naturalistic fallacy” is running rampant. This is the idea that things that are “natural” are better for you. It makes sense on the surface, but is completely ignorant of the science behind, well, the world. I bring this up because I believe the situation we find ourselves in regarding the anti-gmo movement will get worse before it gets better. If the gmo witch-hunt results in labeling, we could see a huge drop in the number of products that use gmos. This, in turn, will result in skyrocketing food prices. We’re already seeing this. It’s particularly a liberal movement, and it needs to die. Sure it’s good to use less pesticides and keep corporations honest when it comes to the food they produce. However the anti-gmo movement paints a movie-villian-like picture of some of these companies that does not exist in real life. At least not like they think it does. I did see a small ray of hope this morning in the form of a Colorado measure getting voted down by a significant margin. It would have required labeling, which again, is a bad thing. Link. Why is it bad you ask? Well, people are dumb, that’s why. On the surface, labeling sounds like a good thing. How can educating people and full disclosure be a bad thing? Well, because labeling is a deliberate attempt to undermine gmos. If you present the common, factually unequipped consumer with a choice between a gmo and a non-gmo, they will choose the non-gmo. It’s the naturalistic fallacy at work. People want to believe that because something is “natural” that is must be better, even though the science does not agree at all. At the same time, the word “natural” is a complete misnomer. It’s a marketing term that simply doesn’t mean anything. It’s a shit-show all around.
Another topic that has already gotten a bit worse, and is poised to continue this trend is the anti-vaccination movement. We’re already seeing outbreaks in the more liberal areas in the country of whooping cough, measles, etc. California is a huge offender, though Ohio had it’s own measles outbreak recently. Again, my non-existent psychic powers tell me that we will see more of these outbreaks before we see less of them. Unfortunately, I think that a lot more babies will end up dying of completely preventable diseases before people collectively get the wake-up call. I just saw the below picture this morning. It reflects the issue perfectly.
Now like anything on the internet, this could be bullshit. I default to this position 90% of the time. Okay, maybe more like 80%. At any rate, I’m willing to believe this phone snapshot because it’s a perfectly plausible situation. Of course there is a far greater likelihood that this parent’s child would get the flu over ebola, (I’m sure the statistics are hilarious). This makes the flu incredibly more dangerous to the child than ebola. People are stupid. Keep your life-saving vaccines out of my child, yet put your completely unnecessary gluten-free pancakes drowning in syrup inside them.
Now because humans like groups of three, the third example I’ll offer is American politics. This might go without saying for a lot of people. Of course there are many people out there that believe this republican sweep of the midterm elections yesterday is a good thing. I genuinely hope they’re right. Unfortunately I don’t believe in things simply because I hope they will happen. I look at the evidence and track records. The current republican track record is one of bad policies that don’t have the interests of the people in mind. They claim that giving tax breaks to corporations will result in more job creation thus helping the people. Never mind the fact that this has never happened, at least not in recent memory. Who cares that some of these massive corporations only create minimum wage jobs that only contribute to keeping many Americans below the poverty line. Some of these companies encourage their employees to take advantage of government programs for food stamps and health care. They get a huge tax break from our government, then they further burden the taxpayers by sending their employees back to the government for assistance. I could go on and on about this obviously, but I’ll spare everyone.
The fact remains that this situation is going to get worse before it gets better. That’s the theme of the post after all. We’ll probably see a republican president in the white house in a couple of years, (if the republicans can keep it in their pants between now and then, and not piss off all the people who just voted them into office). I do wholeheartedly hope they make this country better. I don’t want to see the republicans fail, because the ultimate loser will be our country. I want them to make the country a better place to live for everyone. The reality is that they haven’t given me any reason to believe this would ever happen under their rule. I think they needed another few slaps in the face. They needed to be humbled. They desperately need to understand that the values they hold and the things they believe, (or try to sell us into believing), are not acceptable. They need to fully realize that ignoring the needs of the majority of Americans is bad policy. Molding the country to fulfill the interests of the top 1% is simply bad policy. It’s pretty clear they never got that message. Honestly the only republican “value” I ever agreed with was more fiscal conservatism. Unfortunately this hasn’t been a “value” of theirs in a long time. Just look at our defense spending. Have I lost all two of my readers yet??
So get ready for more guns and more boots on the ground America! Prepare for more religion in our politics, and guns in our streets! Get ready to close more women’s clinics and fuck over the environment! Let’s shove a fat one up those polar bear’s asses for a bit longer!
TL;DR: Are things really getting that much worse, or am I just more aware of them?
STL;DR: GMOs, vaccines, and republicans. The three things that give me a hardest erection, beside Kathy Lee Gifford.
IHTASOAN;DR: It’s actually not the end of the world. Things probably won’t get that bad. I look at the people who voted in some of these assholes like a teenage boy getting his first blowjob from an inexperienced girl. He thinks this is what he wants, however what he’s actually going to get is a scratchy tooth shower, all over his penis.
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