What happened to Young Americans for Liberty?

[Swordsmyth]

Don't we have a right to know what's in the food we buy? Ridiculous!

You have a right to not buy unlabeled food if you so desire.

You don't have a right to force labeling.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

You have a right to not buy unlabeled food if you so desire.

You don't have a right to force labeling.

Exactly

caveat emptor

 

[Son_of_Liberty90]

You have a right to not buy unlabeled food if you so desire.

You don't have a right to force labeling.

I fail to see how labeling of your products is somehow oppressive on producers. Why is it that only government should be transparent, but we cannot demand the same of private enterprise?

On GMO labelling, with all the corn, soy, beet sugar and other modified crop by-products in almost 100% of processed food products, it's almost impossible for the average joe consumer to get rid of GMOs from their diet. For places like Whole Foods, despite their claims of "Nothing Artificial, Ever", a few years back they were caught selling thousands of GMO items on their shelves while still having customers pay a premium as they believe they were purchasing a "organic" GMO free product.

What about on a different market - pharmaceuticals. No side effects should be disclosed?

Let's take another example- Cosmetics and body care products. You have parabens, and phtalates, methylchloroisothiasoline, and many more additives to choose from that have been shown be carcinogens and have detrimental effects on lab tested animals.

For many years, I used a lot of deodorant with aluminum in it. Which turns out, aluminum is not so good for you to be putting on your skin. How did I end up stop using aluminum deodorant? I overheard a fitness instructor talk about it at a fitness class at the gymn on an ocean liner. Back then, I used any sort of deodorant without a second thought. For me, there might as well have not been any ingredient labeling at all, because there was no reason for me to suspect anything. Labeling allows consumers to look up what's in the products they are using. So something weird sounding with eight syllables can be looked up and he or she can ask "Is this good for me"?

How about chewing gum? For YEARS I consumed gum with Aspartame, and when I stopped, I noticed a significant improvement in my cognitive and memory function. I don't have to go on about the harmful effects of aspartame. But because it was an ingredient disclosed on the label, people could look it up, and see where it came from (engineered bacteria fecal matter).

Plus, you would be hard pressed to find ANY chewing gum on the market today made without aspartame. Without labeling, who's to know what Aspartame is?

Companies should put the ingredients of all the products used in their products on the labels. After that, government SHOULD NOT exercise any more authority.

For example, on GMO labeling, I read a comment that

Monsanto doesn't need to do a thing other than add "Contains GMO" to their products, while places like Whole Foods would actually have to spend time and resources to prove to the FDA that their products can go without the label.

THIS I disagree with. Companies can put whatever they want out to market without interference from FDA or the USDA, so long as they disclose what's inside their products. Then let people like Dr. Mercola investigate and tell us if it's bad or not.

 

[elfroggo]

Now I will be forthcoming and admit I'm just some dumb bubba still learning the ropes, but when has banning anything at any level of government ever been libertarian?

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

YAL tried to kick out Milo because he offended the cultural sensitivities of feminists and SJWs, before they were forced to recant due to a backlash.

So if that doesn't show everyone what cowards and losers are in positions of power within this organization, I don't know what will. I think I can probably count on one hand the number of liberty organizations that haven't been infiltrated.

 

[AuH2O]

This back-and-forth hurt my brain.

 

[BV2]

YAL doesn't do much anymore. I still get their emails from the chapter I was apart of. Now they're just holding meetings and watching documentaries. No on campus activism.

So, most of them graduated and are no longer on campus? Maybe YAL was an organic, authentic, organisation comprised of like minded individuals who held similar beliefs, particularly concerning the scope of government. These individuals have graduated, and left the campus to the next organic, authentic, organization (well you see where this is going, yes?) group comprised of individuals who hold similar beliefs, particularly concerning the scope of government.

The answer to why movements, particularly ones that are aged out of, seem to fail is in the future. The level of preconditioning the members of future generations receive, and concerning what behaviors, to a large degree dictates what actions they will take, and how far they will take them. This is because said preconditioning happens concomitantly with education (the latter being the lesser aim) and makes up the beliefs of every generation, which are the fuel of action.

Education has become common core, a monopoly has been established that not only controls the content of preconditioning, but by dubious mandate increases the number of members subjected to its influence, that is more and more with every generation. Just as importantly this preconditioning begins in early education, when lessons are more formative-- especially those regarding authority and the order of the world.

These members (lol!) inherit the campus in their due turn, where they become the cutting edge of the future as though they are some kind of promissory note on how its going to turn out. And they are, so long as the preconditioning mechanism is successful in properly influencing the next generation.

YAL members aged out, and the freshman that came in behind them held different definitions. Beliefs, and also the lengths to which they are willing to go in acting on them.