The Politics of Eating

Eating is a part of social intimacy. It is the foremost front for politics.

Robertus Robet

February 10, 2025

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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral ~ Bertolt Brecht

AS if repeating the Gospel of Matthew, German playwright Bertolt Brecht once said, “Food comes first, then morality.” The scripture asserts that eating should precede abstract matters. First comes “Give us today our daily bread,” followed by “forgive us our sin.” We may have a long list when it comes to needs and welfare but point number one is

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