Guest Blog: Just Your Average Modern Bearded Man

Just Your Average Modern Bearded Man

A Rant On Cue

In our present time in society, we have finally given away our ability to think. We have finally turned our backs on how our products are produced.

Who gives a fuck who makes my clothes or who built my 3G Phone?

Our only concern is in the final details; how it looks, how it will make us appear to others, and what feelings and emotions will it evoke in us. This appears no stronger than in the food industry, with the bullshit hype surrounding eating fresh natural grown foods, free of pesticides and additives. Why does no one ask the question: “Why isn't all food grown naturally and with health as its main concern?” Well Mr. American Citizen, it’s a little thing you might heard of called “Big Business.”

With the goal of fucking you over by increasing production and lowering overhead costs. In 2008 alone the food industry, the food industry, spent 52 billion dollars on advertising. Just to give you an idea of how crazy this number is: in 2008, political advertisements were estimated at 2.8 billion dollars and the auto industry spent 25 billion dollars.

Obviously food should be of higher concern than automobiles, but do we really need to be told what to eat?

It’s unfortunate that the "Modern Man" can tell you what new television to buy and which one to avoid, but couldn't tell you the difference between enriched white bread and whole wheat. Next time you find yourself at the local grocery store, take a second and ask yourself:

“Am I buying this for the nutrition, or just because it has Justin Beiber on the cover?”