Are fat people (generally) to blame for being fat?

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I tend to look down upon fats in a big way in my personal life and don't take their complaints about discrimination very seriously because they've had every opportunity to improve themselves and lose weight while the ugly, bald, short and so on cannot. That being said, I can't see how any remotely intelligent person could look at the state of this country's weight and pin it on our populace. It's mostly attributable to our country's agricultural policy. Fatty foods are dirt cheap in this country. Our nation's record low price of food due to mass subsidies and the promotion of factory farms has resulted in a topsy-turvy system where a balanced meal is far more expensive than a meal from a fast food joint or an unhealthy combination of cheap foods from Walmart. When such unhealthy foods are readily available, those with less means are bound to abuse them. Our dopamine system is wired for the consumption of fats, sugars and salts. We essentially become addicted to these tastes and crave them when we eat a stream of junk food. Expecting fats on their own accord to wean themselves off of a powerful psychological addiction that is the equivalent to hardcore porn or alcoholism is pretty futile.

Plus everything mint said.  I still encourage individual fats to loose weight so that they can earn respect for themselves and avoid discrimination but it won't happen on a mass scale without a change of governmental policy.