yah but unless your fresh lettuce is coming from a very very special lettuce grower, and unless all your restaurants - your very fancy, expensive restaurants - are meticulous with their sourcing instead of feeding shit to rich guys (because why not)... - ThreadSky

eschatonblog.com • 11 days ago

yah but unless your fresh lettuce is coming from a very very special lettuce grower, and unless all your restaurants - your very fancy, expensive restaurants - are meticulous with their sourcing instead of feeding shit to rich guys (because why not)...

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saralang.bsky.social•11 days ago

And this is doubly hard to do in high COLA cities where produce and meat and all are traveling in. Sure, some people will summer in the Hamptons w/ a private garden and a private chef but their dairy is still coming from off the island.

augustjpollak.bsky.social•11 days ago

Sure, but your argument here only strengthens my point: in high-COLA cities where food is already imported, the rich can pay for safer, higher quality food. They can do that now, by getting it from Europe, where there are still higher safety standards.

saralang.bsky.social•11 days ago

I would be legitimately shocked if you could point to more than a few families in say, the top 5% whose food consumption is 100% independent of current US regulatory standards. I may be completely wrong - I'm open to that. But that almost certainly means no meals out, little grocery store usage, etc

augustjpollak.bsky.social•11 days ago

I’m not suggesting this model exists right now as I’ve described it, I’m pointing out what factors are in place. Your original question was “do the rich think they’ll have safer food” the answer is yes, and I’m arguing how they will reshape the industry that way within models they currently exist.

saralang.bsky.social•11 days ago

And I'm saying they may well! I just do not think it will be immediate, or easy, and that anyone who thinks "oh well, we will disappear regulations and I will be immediately safe from e coli and listeria" is likely not grappling with reality.

augustjpollak.bsky.social•11 days ago

Again, unless I’m reading this wrong, I’m not sure why you’re suggesting this already doesn’t happen. Go to any $500 a plate restaurant, and their menu will likely brag about how they import their fish from private hatcheries and produce from Guam where they don’t use pesticides or whatever.

saralang.bsky.social•11 days ago

I think the piece that we're talking past each other on is individual ingredients vs. 100% free from the American food system. Absolutely, rich people have access to all sorts of food others do not, much of which is imported or specially prepared or grown for them.

saralang.bsky.social•11 days ago

My point is that I believe it would be hard to remove yourself from the risks of a contaminated food system at home, especially eating out at restaurants, even high end ones.

bestjakeyoung.bsky.social•11 days ago

hate to see two bloggers linked in the oliver willis sidebar fight like this 😢

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