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Sillyface_Mcdum posted...

Really not true at all, frozen veggies and beans and potatoes (every raw ingredient really) is dirt cheap
It's just ready-made foodstuff that's highly calorific/processed (also very tasty and thus addictive) that's sometimes more expensive for healthier stuff

The "we HAVE to eat badly, everything else is expensive" meme needs to die screaming
Especially since the main health risk of eating like that comes from obesity, which is avoided literally by eating less which obviously costs less than eating more

You have to factor in time though, as time is as valuable as money, and much like a currency people have limited amounts of it and must choose how to spend it.

Whereas in other countries, people get two or three months paid vacation by law and probably work fewer hours anyway, in this country everyones treated like disposable cogs in the crony capitalist machine, and many people work long hours with little time off, then have to go to their kids sporting events etc.

Cooking healthy meals takes time and energy, and it shouldnt really be a surprise that many people dont want to bother with it or dont have the time, particularly since both parents have to work now for usually worse spending power than their parents had on a single income.

The table is tilted, the game is rigged. Is it impossible to overcome these things? No, but that doesnt mean there arent hurdles.