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Meat is a status thing. In many countries meat was more expensive than veggies pound for pound, so rich people ate more meat. Poor people ate very plant heavy
by bobthepanda 4y ago
Meat is a status thing. In many countries meat was more expensive than veggies pound for pound, so rich people ate more meat.
Poor people ate very plant heavy diets but that was because they had to.
There isn’t really an equivalent reversal of status at the ultra-rich level to dial it back down.
- dllthomas 4y agoStatus things that are comfortably within the reach of everyone often cease to be status things.
- bobthepanda 4y agoThere are still plenty of poor people who can't afford meat in every meal, even in rich countries. And even with mass meat consumption there is still further delineation like grades of meat that is plenty for rich consumers to differentiate themselves from (most people certainly cannot afford to cook Kobe/Wagyu with every meal)
- dllthomas 4y agoYeah, obviously as you say there are reasons to suspect that effect isn't fully applicable (yet?) and to whatever degree it is it hasn't dominated overall. It just seemed relevant enough to share.