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Industry caters to consumer demand. If consumers wanted white meat, fruit and vegetables, they would have been provided as cheaply and abundantly as red meat a
by hello_computer 3y ago
Industry caters to consumer demand. If consumers wanted white meat, fruit and vegetables, they would have been provided as cheaply and abundantly as red meat and corn syrup.
- yoyohello13 3y agoIndustry can also steer demand via advertising.
- hello_computer 3y ago[flagged]
- gshubert17 3y agoGlobal advertising spending is around $750 billion. Assuming advertisers believe most of their money is well-spent, can I infer the percentage of human beings that actually do ignore advertising is small?
- yoyohello13 3y agoSo all the advertising that demands your attention on a daily basis has no effect? Even subconscious? I guess advertisers are just wasting billions of dollars on nothing then.
- hello_computer 3y ago[flagged]
- pjmorris 3y agoI think that'd be true if chickens were the size of cows and it was easier to grow, say, tomatoes, than corn.
- hello_computer 3y agoChicken is already cheaper than beef. A lot cheaper.
- WalterBright 3y agoCorn is heavily subsidized by the government.