[micromacrofoot]

for many people you could put a gun to their head and they'd refuse to eat an alternative and swear up and down that it's inedible regardless of quality

the US has had a strong lobby propagandizing meat for a century (not to mention the fed subsidizing it) and it will take a very long time to make a considerable dent

there's already an organized resistance to vegetable based and lab-grown alternatives stemming from the same sources, it's nearly on the level of the oil industry which has been caught masquerading as anti-renewable activists

[therealdrag0]

I can’t disagree that there’s a lot of bull-headed people out there.

But I have a pretty progressive social circle and many of them have tried to go vegetarian or been veggie-curious. And honestly I can’t think of a single one who’s stuck with it. (I know many other vegetarians for life).

So that’s my only point. Even among willing participants the acceptance rate is low. Meat is frigging delicious to those who have been raised on it and it’s hard to overcome that, and that’s not a propaganda issue. It’s a technology one.

Otherwise I agree the organized resistance is very frustrating.

[micromacrofoot]

there are hundreds of millions of vegetarians in india, so I think a lot of it is cultural context!

meat as status is almost flipped on its head compared to the US, which I will also note eats more meat than any other country per capita!

[therealdrag0]

Totally context is huge. And unfortunately many Indian immigrants or their children become meat eaters in America, I have many of these in my social circle as well.