In the US?
I think its not only in the US... in fact the US has safer food than many other places(though safe and healthy does have a fine line). At least the states HAS regulations and a debate about it. Some parts of the world, you just dont know what chemicals are used as pesticides.
I think we should be thankful that the food is edible and the water is clean... we arent in a third world country.
no? The USA is getting pretty close to a 3rd world country, where the top 1% have everything and the bottom 99% have nothing. Take a drive out to the "heartland", see the people. See how they live. Then take a drive to Manhattan. See the 1,000 billionaires hiding in plain sight (watch out for their private security goons though, they'll break your balls, literally). See their 12 homes around the globe. See their 1,000 acre horse farms, their vintage Ferrari collections, their massive art collections. See their 55,000 square foot beach houses (with indoor and outdoor tennis courts).
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See the $90M whole-floor apartments in the sky.
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Ask yourself what country you live in. Ask yourself why you worship rich people. Ask yourself why rich people pay less tax than you do. Ask yourself why Wall Street Hedge Fund managers don't have to live by the same rules that you do. Ask yourself why the biggest banks are allowed to gamble with your tax dollars. Why is it heads they win, tails you lose? What happened to the SEC? the IRS? the FBI? the Justice Department? the Courts? Are they asleep? Bought and paid for? Incompetent? You tell me, 'cuz I can't figure it out.
As for Monsanto, they are one of the most evil organizations that ever existed. Agricultural runoff is now the biggest polluter of the water supply in the US. Mainly because of Monsanto, but also because the plutocratic (and kleptocratic) CEO's who run the biggest American corporations have moved almost all manufacturing to China to increase profits for themselves, so the industrial pollution is centered over there now. But it's a small planet, and the pollution eventually comes back around to the USA again.
What can you do? Don't give up. You can fight back. First thing to do is to vote. If you don't vote, then you're not even trying. Second, you can become active. You can call your elected representatives. Do you even know all the people who represent you? Who is your state representative? Who is your City Council member? Start emailing and calling these people. Tell them you don't want to be poisoned by Monsanto. Eventually they will listen. Third, you could actually go out and protest something. Fourth, if you don't want to get your head busted at a protest (who does), then give money to people who do the protesting or the fighting of pollution. Lastly, whatever you do, don't give up. Then you really are done.
Remember that all it will take is a few tweaks the US tax code, and a few regulatory enforcement officers to enforce the laws that we already have, and the world will become a lot more fair, and a lot less polluted.
