Why are Americans poisoning themselves?

[Chrkeller]

JackHandy said:

LegitHyperbole said:

There is no freedom in having the food industry become a near monopoly and taint and poison the poors or even middle classes food options. Wheter they are treats or not. There is no freedom in having 45 grams of sugar packed into one can of "Soda". There is only sickness in this and it's not like you have the freedom to get sick from this food over there or you'll spend your life repaying medical bills. The freedom you think you have over other countries is just relabelled and repackaged in the worse ways while "FREEDOM" is used to distract from the atrocities that are done to you by your own government and the corporations who control it. 

All that aside, as mentioned, the people want the choice to poison themselves. They don't want to be told what they can and cannot put into their bodies. Because remember: you can't sell poison to people who won't buy it. People want it, so they sell it to them. So blame the people. It's their fault they're dying. 

This.  This on so many topics.  Private college for stupid degrees.  Eating choices.  Expensive trucks.  The list goes on and on.  What America needs is to start holding people accountable for their decisions versus making excuses and blaming someone else.  I have a family member who got a Ph.D from a private college in nordic literature, can't get a job, and thinks others should pay her debt..  I don't get it.  Maybe I am old.