alt Hacker News> look down on inferior products
I object to the use of "look down on" in this context.
The products listed are inferior products, end of.
"Look down" suggests an expression of contempt. But there is no contempt to be had here, it is a simple fact.
> bad farming practices would lead to very affordable food, then one could make an argument for it.
I ... just... I ....have no words for what I just read there.
Its affordable so its ok .... really ? SERIOUSLY ?
They didn't say "it's affordable so it's okay". They said "if it made it very affordable, then one could make an argument for it". And they're right. If you could reduce poverty by providing food at 1/2 or 1/5th the price of European-quality food, that would absolutely be worth having an argument over. Of course, this isn't actually the case, which is why they then said it's the worst of both worlds - American food manages to be both unhealthy and expensive rather than only one or the other.