People are just too damn lazy to boycott, and prefer safety to freedom.
It's not laziness, it's greed. We're on a race to the bottom.
In the EU we're going through a huge scandal about processed beef products being made from horse meat. The shops say they are appalled that the manufactures mislead them and they will make sure it never happens again & that while this might increase prices we will be sure about what we're eating. Well I thought we were already sure about what we were eating, but now we need to give them more money to guarantee that.
Of course in the meantime they've profited from the price war the horse meat has allowed them to compete in.
I stopped eating beef when the CJD scare hit, so it doesn't really affect me.
I also reduced the amount of processed food I bought. It's hard to completely get rid of it as even chocolate is effectively processed. If I could get a decent supply of cocoa beans then I'd probably give it a go, because most chocolate in the UK is made using vegetable oils to reduce the price.
In the old days the millers used to add stuff to the flour to bulk it out, so it's not a new phenomenon.
