Maybe that has nothing to do with your original argument. Maybe that has nothing to do with what's in the meme that we're discussing.

I'm gonna try to reel back my snark, i just deleted a bunch of stuff i wrote. I'll just say it is good for people to try to eat less meat, but you aren't helping your cause with the way you're speaking here.

Our ancestors fought their way to the top of the food chain over millions of years. It just feels wrong and ungrateful to eat a purely plant based diet. Like I’m betraying my own species.

I wouldn’t mind eating a vegan diet if there was a way to compensate. We could, for example, have a system where for every vegan meal sold someone strangles a small rodent.

We evolved to be susceptible to tobacco addiction. Also, tobacco smoking is an ancient human tradition.

Dude what the fuck are you on about? Wild animals carry parasites and other harmful microorganisms that cooking removes. Are you seriously implying that modern farming is the reason we cook our food?

I know that capitalism is the boogeyman on lemmy and is the cause of all things bad, but this one really takes the cake.

The most dangerous meats are ones originating from wild animals. Eg there are all sorts of nasty parasite cysts in wild boar meat. Nature is brutal and there is no such thing as "clean" meat from wild animals. Human inability to deal with this and becoming severely sick without thoroughly cooking the wild meat is evidence that even if we technically are somewhere on omnivore spectrum, we're not really good omnivores—certainly not as good as bears or even boars. Honestly, eating insects, honey and eggs in addition to plants (fruit specifically) seems more like what we're evolved to do.

The most dangerous meats are ones originating from wild animals. Eg there are all sorts of nasty parasite cysts in wild boar meat. Nature is brutal and there is no such thing as "clean" meat from wild animals. Human inability to deal with this and becoming severely sick without thoroughly cooking the wild meat is evidence that even if we technically are somewhere on omnivore spectrum, we're not really good omnivores—certainly not as good as bears or even boars. Honestly, eating insects, honey and eggs in addition to plants (fruit specifically) seems more like what we're evolved to do.

because capitalism dictates

So your model of capitalism is that one can either provide value or make a profit, but not both because they’re opposing forces?

No man. The “free” part of the term “free market” means nobody has to buy shitty products.

It’s why we’re surrounded by abundant, diverse, high quality food: the only way to succeed under capitalism is to provide more value for the dollar than your competitors.

Somehow people think free markets cause a lack of alignment between what people value and what happens, but that’s exactly the opposite of what’s true.