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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Man I hope you are spoon-fed daily by your government, because we wouldn't want you to depend on private businesses to sell you food...because that would be so ridiculous.
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I'm surprised complicated concepts like the one you guys are all arguing enough can be simply tucked into one sentence 'what ifs'. Sure I trust a company to make my food... mostly because the (relatively responsible)government, through regulation, supervision, and enforcement, helps hold the company accountable to make the food safe. In places where you have companies acting without much oversight from the government, scary things can happen (China pet food incident?).
YOU might trust the food because you trust the company, end of story, and couldn't imagine them ever selling you anything other than perfectly good food. I'd call that a bit naive, but I'm sure you beg to differ. I guess we all need different things to rely on when making choices. I personally find public officials more accountable than private ones. You hear about public scandals all the time where politicians are forced to resign... in the private world you can be almost as scanadalous as you want, the only person/group you're accountable to are the shareholders (if that).