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  I personally believe the comparison between Tobacco and fast food is too severe to say fast food is the new tobacco. Although, I do think that the government can step in by giving more regulations to the fast food industry. For example if the fast food industry is under regulation to have a minimum of five items on their menu that are healthy foods. In this case to count as a healthy food the transparency in what is in the item would need to be clear. The calories and healthy benefits should also be proven and that could help with obesity in America. This would help to actually have healthy options that can be obtained at a convenient price. Although regulation as previously stated has its positives, it is often met with backlash as we've seen with the now defunct big-soda ban in New York City.    Because of opposition for consumers, it would be difficult for the government to step in without overreaching their power and encroach on the liberty of others to govern their...

Pop culture is a good thing. It is an ever-changing culture, developing based on what is popular at a given time. Pop culture can create communities and subcultures within pop culture. Creating these communities while still defining generations is quite the feat. With each generation, there are new defining parts in pop culture. Anime is definitely a subculture of pop culture that has taken off with generation z. I remember when people were made fun of for watching things like anime and now it's cool. These subcultures are one thing that sets pop culture apart from other cultures.  One of the biggest things in pop culture is superheroes. More specifically Marvel movies have made an incredible splash in pop culture. Although comics have been pretty relevant in pop culture having many comic book conventions worldwide. Just like pop culture superheroes have changed and developed to fall into current popular opinions. The Marvel cinematic universe has been creating its slice of pop cul...