• Blackbeard@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Make it expensive to change the weight of a product.

    The President literally can’t do that.

    Standardize the size and weight of a given type of product.

    The President can’t do that. Not sure the FDA can even do that, as just about all they can weigh in on is product safety (i.e. “does not contain more than X of any harmful substance”) and categorical definitions (i.e. “ice cream must meet this definition”). They can’t say, “all M&Ms must be this big and weigh this much”.

    Require the packaging to alert consumers that the weight have changed in the last year and how much it has changed.

    Neither the President nor the FDA can do that. The FDA doesn’t have the regulatory power to do anything even close to that.

    Tie the trademark of a given product to a certain weight.

    That’s…not how trademarks work, at all.

    Look man, it’s as frustrating to me as it is to anyone, but y’all can’t just make up a bunch of fanciful, largely illegal remedies to the problem and then lay the blame for their impossibility on the President’s desk. That’s just ridiculous.

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      I understand that you are very into the position of going face down ass up for corporations but can I interest you in the idea that politicians are allowed to express things they would like to work towards even if they are personally not able to make it happen the second they say it.

      Biden is a very powerful man that employs a large number of very smart people. If he wants to he can put together an action plan on how to make things happen.

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        I understand that you are very into the position of going face down ass up for corporations

        You know that point when people stop taking you seriously? That’s right here.

        can I interest you in the idea that politicians are allowed to express things they would like to work towards even if they are personally not able to make it happen the second they say it.

        So this is just a circle jerk about imaginary fantasy lands? Good to know we’re just aimlessly flailing now.

        Biden is a very powerful man that employs a large number of very smart people. If he wants to he can put together an action plan on how to make things happen.

        He is not a dictator, nor a god. We have a system of very rigorous checks and balances, and it’s abundantly clear that you have no earthly idea how our government actually functions. Just because you can put together an action plan, doesn’t mean what the plan calls for is actually legal or achievable.