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> "we've replaced all your meat, with a ground beef alternative!"

I'm sorry but who ever says anything about replacing all meat? It's more about having a readily available alternative and starting to think of meat as a luxury instead of it being a part of every meal.




> starting to think of meat as a luxury

I remember growing up drinking soda with every meal because the common perception was that you ordered water at a restaurant only if that was all you could afford. Trying to make meat a luxury is the best way to ensure long term increasing demand.


> I remember growing up drinking soda with every meal because the common perception was that you ordered water at a restaurant only if that was all you could afford.

That's really interesting. Where was that?


Probably somewhere where human labour costs less then soda.


The working class doesn’t get to eat luxury food so yeah it’s about replacing all meat with substitutes.


It's all about personal perception. I'm definitely not a vegan nor a vegetarian, but most of my meals don't contain meat. I don't keep track, but I estimate that I eat meat approximately two or three times a month.

Though I wouldn't be opposed to the idea of taxing meat down the line (depending on the implementation), and I'm definitely in favour of cutting back subsidies.




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