Meanwhile, Mackey is worth an estimated $75 million dollars, a fact that makes his casual argument for a healthy lifestyle seem pretty flip amid food apartheid, poverty, and an economy-crushing pandemic. Of course, this isn’t Mackey’s first foray into assholery. In 2009 in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, he argued against health care being an “intrinsic ethical right,” and instead argued that “every American adult is responsible for his or her own health.”

Let’s also quickly review Mackey’s September 2020 New York Times interview, which includes sweet nothings like this one:

“Whole Foods has opened up stores in inner cities. We’ve opened up stores in poor areas. And we see the choices. It’s less about access and more about people making poor choices, mostly due to ignorance. It’s like a being an alcoholic. People are just not conscious of the fact that they have food addictions and need to do anything about it.”

My only question: does Mackey have a solution for those of us who are nauseated by the mere sight of his face? BRB, researching holistic remedies.