[Nyandalized]

I believe the government already has the right and power to control what people eat. People form the government, and people (ideally) choose the people to hold that power.

In part I, too have the right to control what people eat through voting.

[jfnixon]

Great, that means we can vote to require meat at every meal. Don't like it? Too bad, so sad, we have the right to control what you eat.

[matz1]

Yes, its going to be not easy but at very least if you are meat eater, you should fight for the law to ban meat to ever become reality.

[saagarjha]

You cannot force people to eat something.

[CommieDetector]

Then you can not force people _not_ to eat something.

[gbear605]

There’s an established precedent in (American) law that it’s generally okay to forbid an action but it’s not okay to mandate an action. For example, you can stop people from driving without a license, but you can’t make everyone get a license.

[magduf]

I hate to point it out, but ObamaCare is an example of the reverse: you're mandated to purchase health insurance, or else pay a hefty penalty fee.

[gbear605]

Yeah, and that’s part of why it was so controversial. On top of that, op seemed to be suggesting making it illegal - as in go to jail - not having a penalty, which is substantially different.

[C1sc0cat]

Which dystopia do you live in then a Marxist approach isn't going to work.