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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3853241" data-attributes="member: 56035"><a href="https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell" target="_blank"> i heard about this before, but i dont get the grocery part.&nbsp; chris hedges went to pine ridge north dakota and mentioned that they dont have fresh food, and that basically when the native genocide happened, they created a system of dependence because they couldnt feed themselves anymore.</a>The population on Pine Ridge has among the shortest life expectancies of any group in the Western Hemisphere: approximately 47 years for males and 52 years for females.<a href="https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell" target="_blank">Stacy Mitchell‏ @stacyfmitchell</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell/status/1071045330253307905" target="_blank">Dec 7</a>Dollar stores now outnumber Walmart and McDonalds locations combined. 4/10 replies&nbsp; &nbsp; 578 retweets&nbsp; &nbsp; 1,187 likes<a href="https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell" target="_blank"> Stacy Mitchell‏ @stacyfmitchell</a>Here’s a remarkable fact: Dollar stores are now feeding more Americans than Whole Foods is – even though most dollar stores have no fresh food, only a limited selection of packaged items. 1/<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dt0dsMfVAAAoWKW.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3853241, member: 56035"] [URL='https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell'] i heard about this before, but i dont get the grocery part. chris hedges went to pine ridge north dakota and mentioned that they dont have fresh food, and that basically when the native genocide happened, they created a system of dependence because they couldnt feed themselves anymore.[B][/B][/URL] The population on Pine Ridge has among the shortest life expectancies of any group in the Western Hemisphere: [B]approximately 47 years[/B] for males and 52 years for females. [URL='https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell'][B]Stacy Mitchell[/B]‏ @[B]stacyfmitchell[/B][/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell/status/1071045330253307905']Dec 7[/URL] Dollar stores now outnumber Walmart and McDonalds locations combined. 4/ 10 replies 578 retweets 1,187 likes [URL='https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell'] [B]Stacy Mitchell[/B]‏ @[B]stacyfmitchell[/B][/URL] Here’s a remarkable fact: Dollar stores are now feeding more Americans than Whole Foods is – even though most dollar stores have no fresh food, only a limited selection of packaged items. 1/ [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dt0dsMfVAAAoWKW.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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