[manv1]

Live markets exist in China because there is low trust in the food supply. For many Chinese, they want to see the animal killed in front of them so they can make sure they're not getting ripped off.

Due to various policies, China is a relatively low-trust society. Of course, it's also low trust because ripping people off isn't necessarily seen as bad, it's seen as clever.

[bool3max]

And ripping people off isn't seen as clever in the rest of the world? Come on.

[tick_tock_tick]

No, not even close to the same degree. If you told all your friends you sell ground beef at the farmers market but it was actually 50% beef 50% horse are they going to praise you for your cleverness or think you're an asshole?

That issue is why live markets exist cause no one there trusts the meat to be what what they say it is unless they can literally see it.