What if?

A couple of days off from all things photography related, a cold beer, a comfortable chair in a great Aussie backyard and some delightful company was all that was needed to start me thinking.
What if... manufacturers of fast foods were allowed by legislative oversight or intent, to add addictive chemical compounds to their products, causing the population at large to slowly but surely become addicted to their products?

What if ... Obesity was no longer considered a condition but was by legislation defined as a disease?

What if... there was a cure for cancer, which was a freely available to the general population, was cheap and was totally natural?

What if... What if powerful lobby groups convinced governments to ban naturally occurring and beneficial substances such as vitamin C ?

What if... we were continually fed with misinformation by all available media outlets? Would this cause us as a general population to be manipulated into acting in a manner which was directly opposed to our natural instincts?

What if... there were available renewable and entirely environmentally sustainable energy sources? Would we be encouraged to use them or would powerful fossil fuel lobby groups prevail?

And so the list goes on, I'm would like to think that that the above what ifs are hypothetical but are they? My younger brother has a saying "Remember its all about the money." May all our collective gods be with us if that is the case.