The US propaganda machine has you convinced there would be no fresh-food without McDs. Give your head a shake. The planet managed to feed itself for a VERY long time before the US style Multi-Nationals.
But has it been able to feed itself well, effectively, or efficiently? Food that would be considered a public relations disaster in the industrialized world is standard in the countries where "natural" means of food production predominate. When was the last time someone died of famine in West Europe or North America?
<I>Moscovites(sp?), for the most part, eat just fine</I>
As someone who grew up in Moscow and lived there at the time that the first McDonald's opened, I will have to completely disagree with you. Before US-style multinationals came to Moscow and gave the locals some kind of competition, the local restaurant and caffeteria food (and just about every other kind of consumer good) was utterly substandard for everyone but the Pary higher-ups.
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The US propaganda machine has you convinced there would be no fresh-food without McDs. Give your head a shake. The planet managed to feed itself for a VERY long time before the US style Multi-Nationals.
But has it been able to feed itself well, effectively, or efficiently? Food that would be considered a public relations disaster in the industrialized world is standard in the countries where "natural" means of food production predominate. When was the last time someone died of famine in West Europe or North America?
<I>Moscovites(sp?), for the most part, eat just fine</I>
As someone who grew up in Moscow and lived there at the time that the first McDonald's opened, I will have to completely disagree with you. Before US-style multinationals came to Moscow and gave the locals some kind of competition, the local restaurant and caffeteria food (and just about every other kind of consumer good) was utterly substandard for everyone but the Pary higher-ups.