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> A handful of states, including Florida and Alabama, have banned or are considering bans on the creation and sale of the alternative protein. Ouch. Red states
by arjvik 1y ago
> A handful of states, including Florida and Alabama, have banned or are considering bans on the creation and sale of the alternative protein.
Ouch. Red states are pro-deregulation, until laissez-faire innovation offends their beliefs.
- henry2023 1y ago[flagged]
- hx8 1y agoSometimes politicians beat the drum about free markets when they want to privatize currently public services. Sometimes politicians beat the drum about free markets when they want to modify regulations to favor their favorite businesses. It's always treated as some fantastical force that will magically provide efficient solutions. Sometimes the most efficient solution is to collaborate in the way only a government can organize. Sometimes regulations do more good than harm. If someone cannot articulate exactly why their proposal is a good idea and instead relies on repeating myths then be wary.
- user3939382 1y agoFree market presupposes no regulatory capture which I’m pretty sure is inevitable under any framework
- bowmessage 1y ago[flagged]
- sunshinesnacks 1y agoLike from coal ash ponds that might leak heavy metals into drinking water? https://alabamareflector.com/2025/08/02/capped-alabama-coal-ash-pond-still-polluting-groundwater-7-years-after-closure-lawsuit-claims/ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/08/02/capped-alabama-coal-... https://alabamarivers.org/coal-ash/ https://alabamarivers.org/coal-ash/
- henry2023 1y ago“Of course Clean Coal couldn’t possibly be the reason. Your data is wrong.” That’s all it takes for them to dismiss any argument.
- bowmessage 1y agoPlease don't lump me (GP) into "them". I think this is also of grave concern.
- bryant 1y agocan you clarify your specific concerns around lab-grown salmon that you feel have not been accounted for with the regulatory review that was performed? Referring to your "poisons the populace" comment. Do you have evidence substantiating your suggestion that lab-grown salmon will "poison" people? I'm substantially curious because as I understand it, the risk of heavy metal poisoning and parasites commonly found in wild salmon are eliminated when lab grown.
- bowmessage 1y agoSure, "poison" is hyperbolic, but my point is: the continued approval of extremely unhealthy food additives (synthetic petroleum coloring, oils that are extracted with petroleum solvents, etc.) is making the population extremely unhealthy. These food additives disrupt hormones and make food addictive. They also help to improve shelf life, an added benefit for only the corporation profiting. None of this helps the consumer.
- henry2023 1y agoSorry didn’t meant to put you on that category. It was more a critic to the current political disclosure level going on virtually everywhere .
- tomp 1y agoIt's not about beliefs. It's about slippery slopes. As we've seen with incandescent light bulbs and plastic straws, "free market" is only temporary, until the "bad" thing simply gets banned. They're just pre-emptively banning artificial meat, to prevent real meat from being banned!
- MostlyStable 1y agoIf that's the goal, why not pass a law saying that real meat products are not allowed to be banned?
- VladVladikoff 1y agoUntil a law says that they can be banned? Seems like a typical pointless virtue signalling waste of time. What’s the point to pass a law that is already the law?
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoThat's a common thing in the US - a state level law restricting the laws a county or city can create.
- delecti 1y agoIs this meant to be a straw man or a steel man of that position? The idea of preemptively banning something so it can't become better than the status quo seems ludicrous.
- tomp 1y agoPlastic straws are better, as are incandescent light bulbs. The proof is in the pudding / free market. If the alternatives (paper straws, LED bulbs) were better, people would voluntarily buy them! (cf: mobile phones vs. stationary phones, almost noone has the latter these days, because the former are just - better!) Instead, they're banned because they're better.
- boringleftards 1y ago[flagged]