Reading through the article it seems to be run-of-the-mill rot monetization but holy shit this headline is grim.
Full article: https://grist.org/food/food-waste-climate-change-too-good-to-go-dumpster-diving/amp/
IIRC, it's about banning food glorification and the types of vids where people gorge themselves on camera. But of course...taps sign
"During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime's atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them."
China could simply pass a law stipulating that every household would be issued a free 2 gallon jug of purified water in a glass bottle every morning, and the headline would read "China mandates that it's citizens consume only 2 gallons of water per day", with many ancillary headlines about how China is ruining water stores, how they are wasting infrastructure to provide this, how consumption of this water killed someone according to RFA, how the water is actually bait to sterilize/kill/harm people, etc.
is it actually or it the usual bullshit reporting taking everything out of context?
I didn't see anything particularly untrustworthy or unbelievable tbh.
I imagine it's not like "you bought two sides, go to jail", but more like being punished for wasting food, and I think it was applicable to restaurants and eateries.
Honestly, it makes sense in a country with 1.4 billion people in it.
more like being punished for wasting food
Does my aunt run China
Yes. It means like, no eating contests or making weird internet videos where you gorge yourself on camera. It's for like, recreational over eating
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Someone is scalping wage labor from dumpster divers to package these and deliver them
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Someone with entirely too much money is investing in this horrible venture, to the point of sponsoring native ad copy
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Someone is profiting on the skyrocketing cost of commodities, created entirely thanks to the "throw cash at the richest slugs we can find" domestic economic policy
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Someone is debating the merits of this proposal, because they cannot afford to eat
Fuck all of this.
they're not packages nor delivered here, you go get them yourself and bring your own container
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Don't know about the legality but most places will either lock their dumpsters or destroy the products they put out regardless of whether or not they are safe for use, e.g. not uncommon for businesses to destroy perfectly fine clothing and workers will get fired if they try to donate them.
So yeah, I'd imagine the vast majority of businesses would rather set their discarded food on fire than let it get to the people who need it.
Just because food waste gets hot while rotting doesn't mean it's contributing towards climate change lmao
"It seems like the system of shipping produce across the world and back so it can sit in a grocery store for 3 days before being thrown out isn't sustainable. What if we could subvert the supply chain and create easy access to locally grown produce immediately after harvest, especially for communities who have issues with food insecurity?"
"Nah, let's just sell 'em the shit after it ends up in the garbage lmao."
Maybe if you can get places to stop pouring bleach on it after they dump it
Edit: just realized it said by app, cursed. I just meant dumpster diving in general lol
In a free society using technology to distribute food that would otherwise go bad would be a good and rational thing to do. But under capitalism it becomes an excuse to fleece the workers even more.
I get ugly veggies from my local farmer's market using this, it's great
