Comment on Compulsory Meat In Schools Should Be Scrapped, Says Dale Vince
drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 days agogreen campaigners qre lobbying for personal gain because they want a habitable planet
That’s… like the opposite of personal gain
Comment on Compulsory Meat In Schools Should Be Scrapped, Says Dale Vince
drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 days agogreen campaigners qre lobbying for personal gain because they want a habitable planet
That’s… like the opposite of personal gain
Naich@lemmings.world 3 days ago
How do green campaigners not gain from it?
Maalus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Personal gain is when you yourself profit from something way more than other people do. In this case - getting boatloads of money for something that ultimately doesn"t matter in the grand scheme of things.
Naich@lemmings.world 3 days ago
Personal gain in the case of green lobbying is a subset of universal gain. Exactly the same as Vince’s case. It doesn’t follow the he will profit more than anyone else, as anyone else can supply meat-free food too.
Maalus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Except you say that there is universal gain from allowing dishes to not contain meat. When there is not, if it isn’t even worse. So now the lowest bidder will simply give you a less nutritious meal because they care about money not the students. And this is exactly why a law like this existed. So that a catering company won’t just feed people potatoes mixed with potatoes 100% of the time.
drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
The idea is that in this case everybody profits. Universal again ≠ personal gain, even if the campaigners are included.
In the case of Vince, everybody profits because of the sustainability, BUT he has another very clear personal economic gain and that makes his intentions questionable. It would be more easily accepted if there wasn’t this clear conflict of interests.
Naich@lemmings.world 3 days ago
Any company can provide meat-free food. There is no reason for schools to change their existing suppliers.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Any claim to discredit someone pushing for healthier and more sustainable meals for the children.
The meat and diary industries must be protected at all costs. They’re never self serving it must be the vegans /s
drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Oh FFS you’re really going out of your way to misunderstand the issue here. Nobody is claiming that the meat industry is good. People are just voicing concerns because a rich guy is doing what a rich guy usually does: defending his own interests above the common good. It might go in the same direction for a while, sure.