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Mackey: Socialism has failed in all 41 attempts over 100 years
“Socialism has been tried 41 times in the last hundred years, and there are 41 failures.”
Mackey: Unchecked progressivism will destroy modernism
“Because if progressivism is allowed to continue without being checked, it will destroy, it'll destroy modernism.”
Mackey: Virtual learning and new school models may break education monopolies
“We may route around in education, because there's lots of innovations on the margin. I know of people starting new schools, for example, and, ah, we know that, that technology also allows us, through virtual learning, there's ways that the monopolies may be br…”
Mackey: The world has never been better by every historical measurement
“The world has never been better than it is right now by every historical measurement.”
Mackey: Over 70% of American Adults Are Overweight and 42.5% Obese
“Over 70% of adult Americans are overweight, 42 and a half percent are obese, and the trend, and the average adult American has gained 27 pounds since COVID.”
Mackey: 80% of US Healthcare Spending Goes to Lifestyle-Related Chronic Diseases
“80% of what we spend on health care in America are for chronic diseases, Joe. Diseases that tie directly back into our diet and lifestyle.”
Mackey: Oak Investment Partners backed Whole Foods during early Sand Hill fundraising
“The ones in, we did go out to Sand Hill Road and I met with some, and actually one of those did invest in us Oak. Oak Investments, which their retail partner, Jerry Gallagher, was very interested in it.”
Mackey: First Whole Foods quickly became the highest-volume US natural foods store
“And that first Whole Foods market was, it quickly became the highest volume natural food store in the United States.”
Mackey: Bulk Foods Dropped to Under 1% of Whole Foods Sales
“The first Whole Foods we had was, we sold 20% of bulk foods, 30% produce, for example. Maybe 10% were animal foods, and the processed foods were relatively small. And yet that's what grew and grew and grew and grew until bulk now went from 20% of our sales to …”