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by reitzensteinm 4628 days ago
You're getting down voted a lot, but there's no doubt in my mind that in 100 years, given the current trends in political correctness and suitability of artificial meat, this will flip 180 degrees.

The treatment of the animals our food comes from is an issue that, as we get richer, we will begin to have the luxury to care about and the tools to fix.

You can go to jail for being especially cruel to your dog (and rightly so), but somehow the treatment of chickens packed in cages without room to move their entire lives is only recently becoming a concern.

And I say this as someone who eats meat and doesn't feel that it's wrong. If I live long enough maybe I'll change my mind.