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Consumers: only buy the cheapest regardless of how it's produced, ensuring a race to the bottom
Producers: lower standards to increase production so they can sell meat for the lowest cost
Consumers when they find out what that entails: shocked pikachu face
I highly doubt that chain of causation to be true. Had people paid more, the producers would still lower their cost base as much as possible, in order to maximize profits.
Something something late-stage capitalism.
Yup. The meat industry, like all food gets completely away from climate pollution tax. The government's climate solution is forcing you to sell your gas car and buy a freakin' Tesla.
Encouraging people to die by the hand of "full self driving" does--in a way--reduce CO2 emissions.
Fortunately soon we'll have an 'automated bird flu mcchicken' service.
Don‘t forget that this makes their asses wet AF
Corporations: Under pay employees for decades
FTFY