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(The popcorn is buttered or not depending on the viewer of this post)

Edit: what have I done :oh-shit:

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20 bucks for a meal is (for the next few months lmao) still pretty expensive

no hate but it doesnt inspire much confidence unless its been consistently been going down in price

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20 points

It has been consistently going down in price. A lab-grown burger cost $300k in 2013.

Probably going to be a novelty high-end vegan(?) option like Impossible Burgers were when they first started out, before they’re at all widespread.

I also expect lab meat to be significantly slower to show up in the US, since the companies aren’t greasing the correct palms and the meat industry is very entrenched.

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Impossible isn’t vegan and neither is lab meat. They both exploit animals. Expecting that these technocratic products will result in a vegan world is as wrongheaded as thinking that the hyperloop will solve transit issues or that automation will end wage slavery. It’s unnecessary, expensive, a waste of resources, and a timesink. It delays what must be done for a pipedream.

We have all we need to create a vegan world now. The government should ban animal exploitation and fund plant agriculture. We need a government that ensures access to grains, beans, pulses, fruits, vegetables, funguses, etc, for all people, so there is no material need for animal exploitation.

The earth is on fire. There is no time to waste. A vegan world is something we all need to fight for to make happen as soon as possible. It cannot happen without a revolution, and these changes need to be a priority.

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25 points

Okay? I was just answering the question. Everyone here already agrees that a global communist revolution is needed. Do you have a plan for accelerating that?

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the people marketing shit like this are almost all related to the meat market. under capitalism capitalists invest in and seize control of ‘replacements’ of their industries.

why are plastics (oil) so entrenched in renewable energy markets? why does exxon run fucking ads about how they’re Green™ now?

if lab grown meat is not blowing up its literally technical and engineering problems, not ‘disruptive’ capital vs. ‘entrenched’ capital, entrenched capital wants that artificial meat market.

its cool that prices are going down tho, maybe it’ll be a common affordable thing in the future :stalin-approval:

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