Thought Experiment: keep Paleo a secret? page 3

[sakura_girl]

Paleo is over.

I wish. Then I wouldn't come home empty handed after finding out my farmer's market ran out of pork belly.

[itchy166]

Wait a minute. Did we just stumble upon the same argument between free market economics and communism/socialism?

+1000

[cori93437]

Paleo is over.

But invoking violet flames is all the rage?

I wish. Then I wouldn't come home empty handed after finding out my farmer's market ran out of pork belly.

So, so, true.

And the pastured/organic duck and chicken offal!
It always runs out before the whole meat does.

[specsAreGrok]

but almost all of them have jumped on the rotisserie chicken bandwagon

wait, what is wrong with rotisserie chicken? other than that WF covers it in some stupid hippie herb concoction that is totally unnecessary and often off-putting?

[PeaceCorpsCaveMan]

Paleo is over.

Interesting. Why?

[JoanieL]

wait, what is wrong with rotisserie chicken? other than that WF covers it in some stupid hippie herb concoction that is totally unnecessary and often off-putting?

Nothing really wrong with it, except maybe it's CAFO (which I admit I very occasionally eat), but I was really using it as an example of how people are choosing store-prepared foods over cooking for themselves. Get home from work, slap a chicken in the oven, change clothes, wash off day grunge, answer email, meditate for 10 min, chicken is done (with no hippie herbs).

[PeaceCorpsCaveMan]

I believe in a government funded healthcare plan, but what if everybody keeps getting sicker at the rate they are today? Healthy citizens of all ages will unavoidably be paying the bills for all the sick people caused by the government-sponsored diet.

[JoanieL]

I think when you live in the community of man, we all pay for each other in one way or another. I go to a movie and pay full price, and I'm subsidizing the seat of a child who paid less than I did even though we each take up one seat. I pay my auto insurance, and even though I'm in a low risk group, I'm paying for the person with 15 minutes road experience or the person distracted by a cell phone or screaming children or the fact that I live in a zip code known for partying and tourists. I'm older, so everyone will pay for the fact that I'm closer to my life's end and I'll probably start needing more medical attention (though so far, knock on wood, I've hardly needed any).

The only way to not pay for our neighbors and not have them pay for us is to live in isolation. It's a valid choice, but it's a tough one. And even then, you'll pay property taxes which reflect non-profits and churches who get breaks on their property taxes.