I was amused that the article didn’t actually answer the title question directly. The implication seemed to follow Betteridge’s law of headlines though. [1] Th

I was amused that the article didn’t actually answer the title question directly. The implication seemed to follow Betteridge’s law of headlines though. [1] The article does rightly note that people don’t care — “the moral and environmental costs of meat register as real, yet ignorable; snowflake static on the radar” — but this is not an American issue alone by any measure. I’ve seen people from other countries with a similar mindset. I also don’t think humankind will ever stop, wholesale or on an absolute basis, doing anything that’s considered harmful in any way to anyone. In the current scheme of things, it would probably be a combination of capitalism, consumerism, and some environmental catastrophes that would create some kind of a significant dent in animal meat consumption. That’s quite unfortunate at many levels while having a significant negative impact on those who’re usually helpless (human or nonhuman). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines