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This isn't unique to meat and leaving out that information is misleading. Food in the US is heavily subsidized and overseen by the government for obvious reason

• TeMPOraL 11y ago
  The point isn't about subsidies per se, the point is that vegetables are generally sustainable, while meat at this scale and with this demand is not. Subsidies only hide this fact from the consumer.
  • such_a_casual 11y ago
    By that logic the government is hiding the fact that vegetables aren't economically sustainable either. You're just changing your definition of sustainable to fit your argument (from ecologically to economically and then back to ecologically when the economic part was shown to be false). Pick a definition and stick to it.
• riffraff 11y ago
  > Food in the US is heavily subsidized and overseen by the government for obvious reasons To be fair, you might be fine with some regulations but very little subsidies. E.g. corn in the US is heavily subsidized, but rarely used for human consumption; or historically, Iceland used to grow their own bananas until 1960 as fruit import was heavily taxed.
  • such_a_casual 11y ago
    Well regulation and subsidizing of agriculture in the United States is a direct reaction to the Great Depression. The country was fine without it for over 100 years. It's there in case shit really hits the fan, not because people can't figure it out on their own most of the time.
• nyan4 11y ago
  > food is heavily regulated to ensure the health of the nation Oh the irony.