[Marxism] Cuban sanctions linked to Obesity in americans

[Marvin Gandall]

Walter writes:

> One thing which I think we can be certain of, and that's that
> conscious and explicit political motivations for candidates
> are but one among many factors which are behind how and why
> people vote for any particular candidate. Unfortunately.
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However, cultures do associate weight with class status, so those who react
on this basis aren't acting entirely unconsciously, although clearly it
doesn't correspond to our notion of political conciousness. It's interesting
how cultural perceptions about weight and class have changed.

At one time, weight was associated with wealth, ie.the fat capitalist, and
skinny meant you were poor. Overweight meant you were someone who could
afford to eat well.

Now it's flipped, and the ideal type in bourgeois society is lean and fit
while obesity, rightly or wrongly, is associated with being poor.
College-educated professionals work out regularly and introduce their kids
to "healthy eating", while the cameras linger over beer-bellied bleacher
bums baring themselves at sporting events.

The changed stereotype is attributable to the relative decline in scarcity
in advanced capitalist society where the poor no longer starve but instead
have access to cheap junk food which puts pounds on them.

So Obama's svelte appearance probably does contribute to the not inaccurate
perception among more backward American workers that he's an "elitist",
ie."bourgeois", but we both agree that, within this cohort, race still
weighs much more heavily on his campaign.