How would you feel about a law that restricts the ability to purchase hardware used for training AI?

No

Effectively, the government becomes the sole purveyor of truth

Extra no

In a way, yes to both. If a society goes into a recession that causes people to be unable to eat (or does a murderous rampage of starvation like under Stalin or Mao) and people steal to eat that’s directly caused by society.

But, if you have free will and the mental capacity to make your own decisions, especially here in a Western society that generally doesn’t require you to steal to eat, it’s on the individual.

On a similar note to what @[email protected] I have an instant pot and that’s made cooking stuff that’s cheap but usually takes time to make really easy, brown rice or a potato based soup are a click away. At of course the cost of an upfront investment.

Also, some recipes can be really cheap if you have the time. Rossotto, homemade bread (with yeast or baking soda), baked beans (from dry bulk pinto beans), pasta (homemade & store bought) naan bread & homemade wheat tortillas, and baked oatmeal are all things I enjoy that come to mind and might be worth trying. They taste good and can be made for super cheap.

Wishing you luck internet stranger