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The rich must eat less meat | Scientists say rich countries need to eat a lot less meat. Will the environmental movement finally listen?
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I checked Wikipedia for the yearly consumption per person and basically none of the countries that consume the most meat have changed anything in the last 20 years.
20 YEARS.
There has never been and will never be a systemic issue that is solved by every single individual choosing the right choice.
The only thing that fixes systemic issues are systemic changes.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
To get systemic changes in any sort of representative government, you need a critical mass of people to support that systemic change. You don’t need “every single individual making the right choice”. But you need enough people to make the right choice that politicians can pass laws supporting that choice without getting kicked out of office and their laws revoked by the next administration.
I mean, how do you expect to pass laws that make meat more expensive when 90% of the people in your country eat meat and are worried about their budgets?
The idea that changing your diet won’t make a difference is, unironically, meat industry propaganda. We build the consensus for systemic change one meal at a time.
I’ve changed my diet to include way less meat
You forget the vast majority of Americans are literally too dumb and apathetic from burnout to understand this cause and effect.
I think apathy is an issue in all western countries face, not just americans. Here in Germany people also need their meat and you even will be often ridiculed for saying you are a vegetarian or vegan.
Yah show an example where they has ever happened.
The CCP was founded in 1921 with less than fifty “thoughtful, committed citizens” as members.
Ralph Nader created modern automotive safety regulations practically single-handedly.
Hell, Jesus started with twelve apostles.
Missing the first step:
billionaires are meat. lol
Alright then, 1. Eat the billionaires first.
killing 2 birds with one stone. lol
Better start preparing for at least 1.5° then, because that ain’t happening.
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Preparing for the climate catastrophe is so passè. Postparing for the climate catastrophe is the new hotness
Well, because the effects of that 1,5 °C isn’t fully hitting us yet. So even if it magically stayed at that value it would get worse for a while. … So good thing we are no quitters and pushing full steam ahead ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
Beef flap meat costs $15/lb in my area. Market forces are already making it unaffordable to eat it.
Uh, lol.
Flap meat is 47,90 €/kg for the first price I could find online. It’s a butcher’s so a supermarket is prolly a bit cheaper but you’re just fucking kidding with the $15/lbs. Although that does come to like 28€/kg. And the piece here comes to $25.51/lbs.
Huh, felt like a larger difference before I converted it.