[Marxism] Cuban sanctions linked to Obesity in americans

[Greg McDonald]

Yeah well, there are multiple causes for the obesity epidemic, not  
least of which is mass-marketing of cheap junk food. A marxist  
analysis would examine pressures on the agribusiness companies to  
unload excess production of crops, but that has become an open  
question since biofuels production has come onto the scene.

In terms of time pressure--I've always been a bit skeptical of the "I  
don't have time" crowd. You know, I' don't have time to eat right,  
exercise, get massage, work out, etc.  Bullshit. I always tell people  
that if health is a priority they'll make the time.

This kind of refusal to take personal responsibility is pretty  
widespread among my clientele, which is mostly middle class and upper  
middle class.

In terms of prohibitive costs of nutritious food impacting on the  
budget of working-class americans, that's a different subject  
altogether, and I'm more apt to feel some sort of compassion in my  
analysis. But as far as the middle class on up goes, they act the way  
they do because they choose to.

Greg McDonald