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Why should we accept Spam, cheez whiz, splenda, cheerios, Clif Bars, or Gatorade?
I find it instinctively repulsive. I cannot explain it, I just think it’s utterly disgusting. Every fiber of my being tells me it’s a terrible idea and not to eat it.
One thing I think everyone has learned in the last 10 years is there are plenty of people on the right who only want market competition and capitalist when they win, and want communism (command economy) when they might lose.
I would love to ban factory farming, know that it is politically impossible now but wouldn't be if lab-grown meat was a good substitute. Not allowing lab-grown meat is a reasonable forward defense against people like me.
The Free States of Florida and Texas have banned it to protect the health of their citizens!
What would be the argument for keeping out of public schools though? I am not seeing why that should be different
Also, I wanna see the venn diagram of folks who want to ban lab-grown meat but are totally cool with IVF and think it in no way needs to be regulated, much less banned.
these bans are literally just affirmative action for cattle ranchers. that’s all they are. it’s not about “making america healthy again” and it’s not some anti woke crusade. it’s affirmative action for cattle ranchers
Either we ban lab grown meat now or they will eventually ban real meat. That’s the whole point of trying to invent lab grown meat in the first place.
Yes - this is rank cronyism and protectionism. If we want to implement labeling requirements for lab grown foods, that is one thing. But we should be encouraging scientific innovation in all avenues, not cutting it off arbitrarily
The reason is because it is being shoved down our throats by extremely wealthy oligarchs who are simultaneously destroying the real meat market. They must be stopped.
I don’t know, maybe for most of us it’s we no longer trust the FDA?
justification is simple - preemptively ban it otherwise real meat gets banned (like happened with plastic straws)
the sudden push for lab-grown meat across all Western nations, and nowhere else, makes me suspicious enough to support a ban. let's look at this again in fifty years after the countries with actual food shortages have had their chance to try it out
Because the micromanaging NWO wants to control food supplies, this lab grown meat must be strictly controlled but preferably outlawed.
I support letting states ban it.
People shouldn't be forced to adopt every new piece of technology available.
Democracy should have the power to decide not to open Pandora's box if that's the way it is seen.
The lame intersection of crunchy RFKdom plus vaguely trad veneration of the land is far more of a Current Year justification than raw economics.
since moralising activists have used sneaky methods to impose straw and elastic bans, useless dishwashers etc, I do understand why some fear that lab meat will sneakily be pushed upon us
Yeah, I'm a big fan of much of what Florida and Texas do, but this is a big L. Let the people choose.
The best argument I've heard is that we don't actually get the option of having lab meat and natural meat competing in a free market.
The two options we have are a) ban lab meat, or b) ban natural meat.
The reasoning being that, as soon as lab meat is nearly cost-competitive,
Our government and pharmaceutical companies did unprecedented damage to their reputations with the Covid gaslighting and response.
Consumers and voters have essentially zero trust that they are not being poisoned.