all the buzz about NFTs got me thinking about non-fungible things in the physical world and
that got me thinking are there certain circumstances when humans are fungible
okay wait I know that I'm getting ahead of myself so let's pause here and just define fungible
fungible means that the value of the object is set and consistent across different versions of it
a ten dollar bill that was made today has the same value as a ten dollar bill that was made ten years
ago Tesla stock that was bought on the New York stock exchange has the same value as tesla stock
that was bought on the London stock exchange the non-fungible means that the object's value
is specific to the instance that you have for example the identical house one on a quiet street
one on a busy street one near the water all three of those houses have different values
based on their location and they will also have different values based on the way that
they were up kept so clearly by that definition humans cannot be fungible so what the heck am I
talking about okay stick with me here for a moment the first scenario where
humans are characterized as fungible has to do with the workplace a company doesn't care
whether Susie or Steven does the work as long as the work that they do is of good quality
and allows them to obtain a profit what that means is that if Susie goes off on maternity leave or
Steve finds a better job the company just hires some new people to replace those two workers
and everything continues as normal no harm done another example I can think of is where
a company produces a product maybe cereal maybe frozen dinners if Susie doesn't like the taste of
of the cereal for example it doesn't matter because for every one Susie there exists there's
going to be 300 other people who love the taste of the cereal profits will still flow we accept that
in these two examples I just gave companies see one human as exchangeable for another because to
the company that's reality and we're not insulted by this idea but if we are so easily replaceable
is it okay for companies to knowingly put harmful substances in our food that slowly kill us because
well if Susie doesn't eat it then Steve will eat it or some other person will eat it at that moment
we see the problem with seeing humans as fungible in the united states there are products that have
coloring agents in them like yellow number six and five red number 40 and blue one even though
we know that these coloring agents cause hyperactivity and inattention in children
and by the way these products are derived from petroleum not something that I would want to be
eating they're banned in the European union and some other countries but allowed to be in food in
the united states but I guess that's okay because we know how to manage children with ADHD right
not a big deal what about RGBH given to cows so that they can produce more milk it's known
that cows that have RGBH have serious medical conditions that then necessitates them to have
antibiotics which we ingest not good for humans also when we have the dairy products from cows
that were given RGBH we in turn have increased levels of IGF insulin like growth hormone which
has been linked to colon cancer breast cancer and prostate cancer and let's not forget about
high fructose corn syrup it's found in soda candy bread sweetened yogurt salad dressing pretty much
everything on a shelf in a grocery store well most things anyways has high fructose corn syrup we
feed these things to our children despite knowing and having known for years that high fructose corn
syrup causes liver damage often leading to cirrhosis of the liver you might be tempted
to think that food companies are unaware that these chemicals are harming our health wrong when
scientists inform the government that there are certain chemicals that should not be in our food
food companies hire lobbyists to fight the laws that the government us government tries to put
in place to ban these substances in our food they are actively feeding us garbage to harm our health
so why are these substances still in our food it's because we have actually become a fungible
good to the food companies it doesn't matter which one of us eats the food all that matters is that
enough of us eat the food Violet Susie Pat Stephen it makes no difference to the food company because
we're all the same to them wellness warrior by accepting that we are fungible replaceable at work
and in our preferences of what we eat things have gotten out of hand and it's been taken way too far
companies are willing to feed us poisonous toxic garbage because profit is of the utmost importance
I feel like I'm in some kind of movie where the loving caring food company is slowly
slowly poisoning me over time we think they have our best interest at heart but in fact they hire
food scientists whose job it is to create hyper palatable food that we cannot resist
even if those foods are killing us they know there will be casualties along the way but as long as
their products sell if you want to know how much your life is worth to the food companies check
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