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Based on the history of the past 1-ish century, I trust Big Meat & Dairy to have less capability for and competence at evil than Big Sugar. Because otherwise w
by bell-cot 10mo ago
Based on the history of the past 1-ish century, I trust Big Meat & Dairy to have less capability for and competence at evil than Big Sugar. Because otherwise we'd have been hearing far more "Fat is Fine, Carbs are Crap" messages.
- vintermann 10mo agoI feel like I hear that a lot.
- zdragnar 10mo agoWell, there's the whole atkins and keto fads...
- Avshalom 10mo agoAnd Atkins really started picking up in the 90s which was https://web.archive.org/web/20120629041358/http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib-economic-information-bulletin/eib43.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20120629041358/http://www.ers.us... Oh hey right after beef CAFOs started dominating the industry.
- DetectDefect 10mo agoSurely you jest as the animal agriculture industry is many times larger than any "big sugar" boogeyman.
- bell-cot 10mo ago"Bigger = Badder" is quick & easy heuristic, but not a particularly accurate one.
- DetectDefect 10mo agoIt is when it comes to slaughtering 80 billion sentient animals each year.
- wang_li 10mo agoWell, there are essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, but no essential carbs.
- triceratops 10mo ago> I trust Big Meat & Dairy to have less capability for and competence at evil Why? You've never heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ag-gag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ag-gag?