Mandating that animals should suffer is cruel and benefits no one, except the ranchers whose profits Florida is trying to protect.
xor ( @xor@infosec.pub ) 19•2 months agoDeSantis portrayed the ban as an effort to fight back against a plot by the “global elite” to “force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian goals.”
so this is what it felt like in nazi germany as fascists solidified power with bonkers conspiracy theories…
FiveMacs ( @Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ) 9•2 months agoHave you not been around since 2016?
xor ( @xor@infosec.pub ) 13•2 months agoagainst my own better judgement, yes, i have
davehtaylor ( @davehtaylor@beehaw.org ) 13•2 months ago“We want to protect our cattle and our ranches,” said Arizona representative Michael Carbone. Speaking at the Hardee County Cattleman’s Arena, DeSantis said that cultivated meat would “wipe the people sitting here out of business,” and that “we will not let that happen,”
Funny* how these chuds all about the “free market” unless their products can’t compete, and they have to have subsidies and monopolies to protect their profits.