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Eat worms, peasants. We have to power more AI server farms so that number go up.
yup. the real solution has nothing to do with whatever the fuck individuals are eating when we have useless corporations using insane amount of resources that arent even needed. but we'll shame the individual plastic use, food choices, etc etc. dont let them do their propaganda, we can discuss individual choices once the corps arent doing 99.99% of the damage
Ok but we do need to stop subsidizing beef
yea and can u guess who lobbies and maintains and pushes beef? its corporations again. they do all that to maintain the beef industry, even if consumers started boycotting the same thing that happened to fashion industry would happen. they'd happily throw their clothes in a dump and get new ones. bc the money is coming from government and they need a tiny fraction in profits to be successful enough to survive. the solution is not what the fuck someone eats, considering individual choice beyond their political support is useless bc it takes valuable resource of just the discussion away from the problem. the corporations
Unsustainable consumerism is a big part of this problem and if we continue to give them even more money to lobby against us, we have already lost.
The belief that consumer habits don't need to change and that everything can be solved by just voting for the right party every 4 years is not based in reality. I wish it was this easy.
If people buy and drive gas cars when they don't have to, they are perpetuating the fossil fuel industry. If people choose to buy factory farmed products, they are funding factory farming with their money.
The sustainable options like electric cars and plant based alternatives also need demand to compete with the much more destructive counterparts. We have to push for the solutions, not finance the problems.
Can you think of a more profit-friendly message than "Just keep on consuming more, it's fine, don't question the consequences, keep up the status quo"? I can't.
I know that but have you ever talked about this to rural Americans? They will need to be convinced that beef is too heavy a part of the American diet and that by removing subsidies it will help the climate and public health. They need to be convinced that there exists protein that isn't animal based and that they may actually like it.
The corporations push it, but even if they don't the masses are rabid
beef has been pushed politically and economically by the government and corporations for 4 centuries in america. its just as much as a core part of american imperalism as is their war cimes. beef has been marked as an american pride thing and it continues to be that. i dont have solution on how that can be changed, we can try organizing, protesting, reducing beef production and subsidies to start but i dont have a full plan on trying to end this century-long propaganda.
the only thing i can say for sure is that telling people to just change diets isnt a real solution, our voices can never be as loud as marketing and subsidies. and we cant possibly bring massive change for something as core to america as beef by just telling people to stop consuming it. it will be a gradual but political and higher level change than individual level change. i wouldnt stand in the way of those who do boycott obviously, but its always important to realize that spreading a message is a valuable and limited currency, so first political action (i.e. protests, organizing, communal work, maybe voting) then consumer choice discussion
Yeah, a plant-based diet is easier, yummier, more nutritious, and more effective.
the cognitive dissonance you just caused, you cant just bring that up fully neutral like that