I said so in 2015 and continue to say so in 2018, if it has beans in it, it isn't chili. I do realize that while chili is a SW dish, some form of it is made throughout this great land. Folks can eat it with any kind of filler they wish, even wadded up toilet paper.
Lots of things happened to food during the Great Depression, that continue today out of habit and not out of necessity.