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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This may sound a bit dystopian but a fat and happy populace is much easier to govern than a starving and desperate one.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It is not bad per se. It should be the goal of every government to make all people fat and happy. The problem is, it is enough to only make >50% happy.