• DragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    What’s with the rise of “the gubmint is trying to trick you into veganism and they’re hiding that burgers are a secret superfood!” types?

    im-vegan but even I know that if someone must have meat: Salmon, skinless chicken, or hunted meat is usually your best bet health-wise. That’s not even mentioning that little to no meat is practically a staple of Blue Zones and vegetarianism has been proposed as far back as Plato in Republic.

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      Not to mention the vegan industry is a fledgling compared to the meat industry. Climate change industry is full of grifters and even headed by oil companies because it’s more profitable to appear like you’re progressing while stripping the copper wires before rebuilding the same house. The government is in no rush to promote anything that goes against the existing industries so long as the donations keep coming.

      but even I know that if someone must have meat: Salmon, skinless chicken, or hunted meat is usually your best bet health-wise.

      Reactionaries are against Big Pharma but will gulp down meat that’s injected with 500 preservatives and steroids. Most americans buy guns as consumption and don’t hunt