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Yea i dont think you would be able to change people's consumption in the same way you can convince them being fucked over by capitalism.
Meat exactly isn't a "luxury" good either. Even the poor in the global south occasionally consume meat. People don't have the same concern for animals (that arent considered pets) being abused and killed compared to humans.
I put it in a similar but not the same box as religion. I wish people were less braindead when it comes to certain aspects of religion. Idk how a person can be fucked over a million times and still believe that God is good and has their best interests in mind.
CW: meat
More than occasionally, just look at the "hard body" chicken market in most townships and informal settlements in South Africa. Meat might as well be a religion in this country, and chicken is eaten so much I swear some consider it a staple or vegetable.I could probably go on Facebook and buy a freshly slaughtered and cleaned chicken, with feet, neck and organs, right now if I had a Facebook account or wanted to do such lmao. The going rate for this is around R70 per chicken, that's 3.5 US Dollars I think.
People have no idea how wild stuff is in the third world/global south. Facebook marketplace and WhatsApp can get you pretty much anything you want, legal or illegal. The only global south countries that are strict with this social media stuff similar to a global north/first world level, are, ironically, the communist ones like Cuba. I know a bunch of cigar resellers in Cuba got busted after a South African travel influencer posted them to Facebook live.
More than once I've been given a "vegetarian" option that is either chicken or turkey, lmao. A bunch of "vegetarian" dishes in restaurants use chicken or fish broth or components, too.
That must suck lol. Also a lot of animal fat is used in frying, I think McDonalds fries/chips are the most infamous example.
But yeah at a braai/barbecue/cookout I've asked for salads, and people would jokingly point towards the chicken wings before directing me towards the actual salads.
Mcdonalds fries in the USA are vegetarian, but not vegan. They have "natural beef flavor" made from wheat and milk derivatives. They stopped using beef tallow to fry in the 90s when trans fats were banned.
https://www.rd.com/article/mcdonalds-fries-ingredients/
isn't that some weird catholic thing where meat only means beef and pork?