• riodoro1@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    My point was that fake meats were seen as a great stealth solution. If only the meat was completely realistic, meat lovers would switch to it

    Ask any vegetarian and they’ll tell you it’s absolutely delusional to believe that.

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      And yet venture investors put a ton of money onto the bet. Mistaken, maybe. “Absolutely delusional” - that’s hyperbole.

      Since apparently you think this is all a waste of time, what’s your solution for getting people off meat?

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        2 days ago

        Price hikes to reflect the true environmental cost of „production” and all of the humane treatment overwatch which as of now doesnt fucking exist.

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          You mean a tax. Yes I agree that would be the fairest solution. Let’s say 1000%.

          Any government that tries that will be voted out within about 3 minutes. The USA just elected a would-be dictator because inflation is 4% instead of 3%. Even if the tax is 10% you will have the farmers’ lobby on your back and things will get really ugly really quickly.

          There is basically no way, democratically or otherwise, in any reasonable timeframe, to get meat to the right price. You would first need to do decades of campaigning to change the narrative.

          This is the rationale behind fake meat.