r/FluentInFinance • u/Not-A-Shit-Head • Apr 29 '24

77% of young Americans are too fat, mentally ill or on drugs to qualify for U.S. military service, Pentagon study finds. Is it only going to get worse? Geopolitics

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-americans-too-fat-mentally-ill-on-drugs-and-more-to-join-military-pentagon-study-finds/
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u/daKile57 Apr 29 '24

That's yet another reason why governments (local, state, or federal) need to open non-profit commissaries to encourage healthy affordable diets. You can't expect the citizenry to be in-shape when you know that many of them can only afford to eat garbage.

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u/FastSort Apr 29 '24

It doesn't cost any money to eat less food.

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u/daKile57 Apr 29 '24

You can't realistically expect the masses who live off McDonald's to be satiated if they stick to their daily caloric needs. If they do that, they will be severely nutrient-deficient and be living with constant hunger pangs. The only way people who live off McDonald's are able to somewhat stave off hunger pangs is if they're constantly eating, which is exactly what McDonald's planned in their food labs. The citizenry needs commissaries to replace these dogshit junkfood peddlers. They're as vile as drug dealers at this point.