USDA to ban "Junk Food"

I've been trying to explain why paternalism makes no sense for ages but it seems many people support it (sometimes without realising it) as long as they aren't personally affected. In fact it seems to be almost encoded to human nature that everything spins around you and your rights only.

I do understand the point in preventing harm to others but allowing the government to tell you what kind of life is good for you is outsourcing your brains to the state. That is the kind of dangerous trust in authorities that's a slippery slope to totalitarism and complete tyranny over the citizens.

We also live in a society where popular opinion and/or money dictate what's accepted and what is not. This is why weed is illegal and alcohol isn't. This is why genital mutilation of boys isn't illegal but genital mutilation of girls is. That is why 18-year-old Americans are old enough to die for the state but not old enough to drink a beer. That is why straight marriage is allowed but gay marriages aren't (and let's not even talk about that clearly immoral polygamy). And the reason why e-cigarettes are having problems getting legalized is because both tobacco industry AND pharmaceutical industry would lose profits.

Governments don't give rat's ass about the health of citizens. What they care about is optimizing the economy and securing their votes from as many people as possible (suck up to the popular opinion).

Hope this wasn't too far off the main topic here.