This issue is really, really old. Well, the bible starts with it! Hebrews had a predominantly meat-eating culture, where at first, roaming semi-nomadic herds d

This issue is really, really old. Well, the bible starts with it! Hebrews had a predominantly meat-eating culture, where at first, roaming semi-nomadic herds dominated, and later ranching was important. Of course this also means their diet was skewed toward proteins. The second "human" action in the bible (ie: not something God did), was when the first farmer, murdered the first rancher out of jealously. A lot of people remember "Cain and Abel" and whatnot and forget that detail, that is very important, in fact it was the reason for the murder (Cain was upset sacrifice of meat was accepted and vegetables weren't). The two cultures generate a lot of other political conflicts we have now. For example: when you are a rancher, if someone breaks into your property, that someone can literally walk off with your food before police arrives. Thus they are pro private guns. While if you are a vegetable farmer the way to 'steal' from someone is taking their land, thus they aren't afraid of small individuals, they are afraid of corporations and countries, thus they favor the government having the guns, to be able to retake territory if needed.