Need y’all to cook with me for a minute.

Fast food is bad for society. We know this. There’s an instant gratification that comes when you consume it, and that’s it.

In large quantities, it is detrimental to your health. 1/9

Fast food provides lots of jobs (most of them low wage). It keeps investors/franchisers more than comfortable though.

But with regards to society... it will always have a net negative impact on those who do not possess power/capital. 2/9

Fast food was not ALWAYS bad. It started, simply enough as a well intentioned venture to provide accessible sustenance.

But, in a quest to become replicable and scaleable, quality was sacrificed for quantity.

People needed to shore up profits to protect assets. 3/9

Over time, fast food became an endeavor that was not at all concerned with providing any nutritional value to those who consume it, but to enriching the architects who control the marketing and delivery of the fast food.

Therefore, it *cannot* benefit the masses. 4/9

There comes a time when most of have this realization. We know it. We try to cut back on it. But sometimes it’s the most convenient. It’s comfortable. It has found a home around the world that makes it feel much harmless than it is. And so we still consume fast food. 5/9

Some of develop conditions where continuing to consume fast food will *literally* kill us. Even then... it’s hard to leave it behind. But we make the necessary adjustments in our diets so that we can live fulfilled lives. And we find out that life is better without fast food. 6/9

Perhaps at this point in the thread you have discerned that I, PastorTrey05, did not take this time out of my day to compose a long thread about fast food and that I must be speaking metaphorically.

You caught me. I’m talking about a uniquely western model of Christianity. 7/9

Over time, what began as an authentic attempt at expressing the Christian faith in our context became an enterprise that serves to fortify the positions of the powerful while keeping those on the margins.... on the margins. 8/9

We need to make a decision about whether or not we’ll deal with the instant gratification and comfort provided by fast food, or if we are going to take a stand for our personal and societal well being. 9/9