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May as well buy burgers in the US, since you already paid for most of it through taxes!
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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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Absolutely fucked up that your taxes go to supporting animal abuse whether you like it or not. Although, arguably worse is how many people don't even give the animals' suffering a second thought and just take the selfish path. Even fucking stupider is that chicken can be bought at the same price as tofu per kg. Like what the shit? Stop subsidising it. It's environmentally destructive and incredibly immoral.
I've always thought that vegan activists would be a lot more successful if they could end these meat subsidies, instead of harassing the public. If the price of meat triples no one is going to be eating meat regardless of their politics.
Yeah but good luck getting anything passed when the GOP and all of the animal agriculture lobbying industry will be screaming from the rooftops about how everyone's favorite foods will be more expensive.
"THEY'RE TAKIN AWAY OUR BERGERS!"
That's exactly the reason this would never happen. The outrage would be uncontrollable.
Forcing people to do something is easier than making them change wilfully. But people still should have the moral integrity to make the right choice regardless. Plus, people are so propagandised and indoctrinated by the industry from politicians and other bullshit that it would be an incredibly hard battle to fight.
Change zoning laws so I can raise my own in my backyard other than just chickens. I have no problem raising and slaughtering my food. No need for factory farms.
How about we all raise our own cattle.
Since we can't modify suburbia to accommodate that many cattle let alone the additional waste, how about we make specially designated places where we can send all our cows to live.
And since everyone travelling back and forth to look after their cattle would be highly impractical how about we designate a handful of individuals to care for all of the cattle so everyone else can worry about their other jobs.
And since it's difficult for a single family to store and consume a whole cow, how about we designate a group of people to slaughter and process them into more manageable pieces.
And since everyone going to one place to get their meat and somewhere else to get the rest of their produce, how about we just sell them in one place together.
It's almost like we know how this works out and should just improve the regulations around caring for our food while it's alive.
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