The article has the who, what, when, where, but not the ever important why.
Florida House Republican Ryler Sirois introduced…
Ah. There it is. I guess I’m to assume lab grown meat is somehow “woke” (or something of equal or greater bullshit)?
The “why” is certainly that someone in the state beef industry gave him a pile of money.
Republicans: Let the free market decide.
Also Republicans:
As a vegan I wouldn’t be surprised if the “fake meat” industry supports articles like this (fuck you, I don’t believe in your affordable fake meat)
Most of it isn’t even slaughter free because the cells are fed with bovine fetal tissue literally extracted from slaughtering pregnant cows:
It’s just beef with extra steps and a marketing scheme to trick people.
You don’t believe in it?
I believe in full self driving cars more than in “affordable humane meat”
“Believe” is maybe not the best word, but there is reason to be skeptical of the claims. The bioreactors aren’t proven at the kind of scale required, and it would take multiple Nobel prize level breakthroughs to make it work.
Unsure what being vegan has to do with this?
This is an example of why I call myself conservative, but would never vote Republican.
Today’s republicans aren’t conservatives.
If you don’t mind me asking, what positions do you hold as a conservative that are different from modern Republicans?
- You shouldn’t ban particular speech or books
- Gay people should be able to marry
- You shouldn’t ban factory farmed meat
- You shouldn’t ban abortions
- You shouldn’t dump trillions of new dollars into the economy and forcibly shut down every business in America
- Saudi Arabia is a rights-violating shithole that we should not interact with even if it seems profitable in the near term
- An adult human should have the right to ingest any drug they want
Those are positions I consider conservative, and hold myself, that aren’t reflected in current Republican policy.
Those are positions I consider conservative, and hold myself, that aren’t reflected in current Republican policy.
None of those are specific to conservatism, and I would say some of the opposites of those position, like opposition to gay marriage and abortion, has historically always been part of conservatism.
More interestingly would be to learn what specific conservative policies you subscribe to. Policies which you don’t think exists in other ideologies.
like opposition to gay marriage and abortion, has historically always been part of conservatism
Speaking for the poster, probably incorrectly, but while I consider myself liberal, and have long been a support of gay rights and marriage, I always laughed when I was defending it (like early 2000) because I was always making the conservative argument that the government shouldn’t be regulating which two consenting adults can join a contract with each other.
Classically speaking, it’s a politically conservative position. It’s just that republicans, who pretend to be conservatives, also tend to be religious and let those beliefs often influence what they claim is the conservative position.
But the state staying out of who gets married is, no doubt, an actual politically conservative position.
lab grown meat sounds like a great way to find new and really cool kinds of prion disorders.
Gonna sit this on out.
Prion disorders that can be transmitted through meat come from what the “meat” ate as it was growing up. It actually significantly decreases the risk that specifically prion disorders would come from lab grown meats, but there are of course other valid concerns constantly being addressed.
The nice thing about lab grown meats, is once they are tested, the product doesn’t have any reason to vary in any way from that point on. It can remain identical to what was vigorously tested. Outside meat can’t do that same thing.
Edit: and honestly, don’t worry. Even at it’s most accelerated possible trajectory, lab grown meat won’t drastically impact anyone currently working in livestock. Unfortunately for those of us that would want it sooner. But it would likely be best to encourage your kids not to follow.
Outside meat can’t do that same thing.
I mean, have you had basic biology? Yes it can. If it didn’t, animals wouldn’t survive, full stop. There are several redundancies in biology that prevent things like prions from building up, firstly, that if they do, the organism can no longer function (even if its cells continue to reproduce), and it dies. Its one of the reasons the diseases are so rare.
Caveman yells at fire
