Recently, I have seen a lot of disclosures of "scientific and technological ruthlessness" in food**. While hating these unscrupulous merchants and manufacturers, it also caused me to think a lot: why can these "technological ruthless work" become popular and become more and more intense?Of course, the first thing to do is to criticize those who produce and sell toxic and harmful food for losing their moral bottom line, and it is inevitable that food regulators are to blame, but in addition to this, I think consumers have also played a role in fueling their popularity.
Why?In the past, there was a famous advertising slogan for animal protection: "No trade, no harm", which means that there is a demand market for animals to be killed. Otherwise, no one wants anyone to kill animals for what?When applied to the "ruthless work of science and technology" in food, there is also a similarity: it does what consumers like. Don't you like to eat big, sweet fruits?So I sprayed the fruit trees with bulking agent, and the fruit was big and round;Infused with cyclamate, it makes you taste "quack" sweet. Older people remember that in the past, melons and watermelons were picked with good luck, and melons were not sweet at all. Even the sweet melons are not as sweet as the melons sold now, and if it is the rainy season, the melons are not sweet at all. And now the melons and watermelons are all sweet, and they are sweet all the time. Do you think that if it weren't for the hard work of science and technology, what would it be able to make melons sweet all day long?I don't know if people don't want it at all or if it's just delicious anyway?
When people buy cucumbers, they like to buy cucumbers with bright water and thorny top flowers, and they like to buy smooth and flawless vegetables.
In fact, since the ** era, information has been widely disseminated, and most people are not completely without the ability to discriminate, but often unconsciously will overcome reason and choose to buy those foods that are sensual and can satisfy the pleasure of the tongue. Doesn't this contribute to the proliferation of "ruthless science and technology"?
Therefore, don't blindly condemn unscrupulous businesses for their lack of conscience and morality, start from yourself, resist the food that works hard with science and technology, so that there is no market for "hard work with science and technology", and natural and healthy food will come back.