I understand that market forces can be shifted by culture (voting with our wallet), but the fact that these industries are seen as “essential” and worth propping up artificially (while suppressing alternatives) speaks toward the exact problem we’re talking about – the better alternatives get drowned out.
If we stopped stacking the deck in favour of meat producers, then alternatives might be able to complete on merit, but until then it’s nothing less than a hostile market.
toasteecup@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A counter point worth considering, fossil fuels cars have been seen that way as well, but as electric cars improve and adoption increases, its starting to make a case to reduce the subsiding of the fossil fuels industry. If we also start soliciting our elected officials, it makes the case much stronger.
I’m picking that because it’s already starting to happen and we’re making that a part of the national conversation.
Food would be a slower process simply due to it being a much more ingrained part of a culture, but the same process can work.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Exactly. Reducing or eliminating meat consumption and being open about it is how we change the culture.
Acknowledging alternative diets is becoming normal.