Peanut butter is world politics. In America, we love peanut butter. We pretend that we own peanut butter, but it was originally made in small tropical countries that we colonized and tried to control. Nowadays, we like to get other people to like peanut butter and spread it all over. We send it to third world nations under the name Plumpy’nut to help them in their state of starvation. In truth, (as said by The Master of Truth, Maggie) peanut butter has stayed essentially the same, but there are some differences in the details. For example we have all different types of peanut butter: smooth, creamy, crunchy, chunky, and extreme chunky.
Some people (Jasmine) have the impression that peanut butter goes good on everything, but in some countries like France, the people think peanut butter is gross and fattening. I believe that if Jasmine wants to eat peanut butter on anything and everything, she should have that right, as long as her doing so does not infringe on anyone else’s eating rights.
Seamus is of the opinion that crunchy peanut butter is more exciting and potentially more delicious and satiating and that Machiavelli would agree that creamy is super boring. Therefore most leaders of the peanut butter world use a crunchier policy, with the threat of using their extreme chunky always looming over those who do not have such a strong peanut butter initiative.
There are some (Rachel) who believe that when spreading peanut butter over bread, you must spread it evenly and not let some areas in the middle get more peanut butter than the areas near the crust.
In conclusion, the majority of 7th floor Leonard believe that peanut butter can be applied to our society today, even though there are many methods to apply it. Thus, a debate about whether it should be applied and how it should be applied would be more interesting to me than our normal class discussion we had on Friday.
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Silence Do Good and I the official UCWP of the second floor would like to add our thoughts about peanut butter politics.
Silence Do Good says all consistancies of peanut butter can be enjoyed, and that all that really matters when it comes to politics
Syd says her mom once gave a French girl a pb&j- the girl thought it was weird, this case of America trying to influence world citizens through the love of peanut butter did not work.
Jasmine's theory of peanut butter/politics:
Peanut butter tastes good on any food as long as it is not a sauce [except steak sauce].
Just like realists believe Machiavellian ideas can be applied to all modern governments as long as you take into account the importance of details.
Very funny indeed, although I'm not exactly sure how my peanut butter word of wisdom has to do with world politics? Democracy should be spread throughout the world and not just in little hubs in the middle? I'm not sure that that is how I would describe my world view exactly haha...
I like Silence Do Good's peanut butter politics.
Peanut butter's great -- especially on bagels -- but Nutella's as good, and perhaps even better. Or, for extra goodness, try mixing them together…
Peanut butter and Nutella would go together magnificently (Nutella is, after all, not a sauce).
The fundamental difference is that Nutella does not taste good on all foods, like peanut butter does. It comes in one style/consistency and is a medley of many ambiguous ingredients including but not limited to, "modified vegetable oils" and lecithin.
Where peanut butter is democracy, where the voter can decide what brand or blend they prefer, Nutella is a corporate dictatorship.
p.s. you should try a peanut butter and bacon sandwich, toasted. BEST THING EVER.
Rachel, your comment was expressing a socialist view of peanut butter.
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