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1. dinkblam · 1790244801 · focus · HN ↗

   it is sad how the lobbying of old evil industries like tobacco and animal-killing can convince the politicians and the public to outlaw and demonize their less-evil competition like vaping and lab-grown meat to make sure to hold on to the status quo.

   but why write more than 7000 words to communicate a simple point (lab-grown meat was promised 1-2 decades ago but failed to arrive and won't arrive in the foreseeable future)?

   1. cpursley · 1790245614 · focus · HN ↗

      Is it just pure lobbying or perhaps also consumer preference? Because there’s plenty of money to be made across the entire agriculture and food and production spectrum in the processing of the goop that goes into these types of products. I think a lot of people honestly would rather eat a real vegetarian diet (Indian, etc) than the ultra processed soy beans and various chemical binders wearing a meat Halloween costume.

      1. Cpoll · 1790247782 · focus · HN ↗

         > the ultra processed soy beans and various chemical binders wearing a meat Halloween costume.

         This reads like propaganda. Take tofurkey for example, it's just seitan and tofu and the same "chemical binders" you'll see in every other product in the freezer aisle.

         And tofu is only as "ultra-processed" as cheese or bread is.

         1. [deleted] · 1790248924 · focus · HN ↗

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