Post by @IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world

2026-02-17 02:33 UTC

i lived in Spain for 18 years, 3 in Palestine, and currently in the US. 90% of the food over there is amazing, even if plant based, and the way you dismiss good regular food is sad and telling. good food belongs to everyone, it shouldn't be a luxury, it's the bare minimum. if you disagree you've been brainwashed by American corporations.

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@stickly@lemmy.world 2026-02-17 03:09

Again, 90% of the world doesn't live in the culinary cradle that is the Mediterranean Sea and Fertile Crescent _while also_ having the funds to support a diverse and interesting diet. [About 30% of the world is food insecure](https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021). [Rice, wheat and maize alone are about 2/3 of human caloric intake. 15 crops account for 90% of all human energy intake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_food). Food as hobby or art or cultural distinction is a rich country game. If you're going to exclude special occasion (or "rich person") food then you're deluding yourself to think that food in the USA is worse than any but a handful of countries.

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