Banning lab-grown meat* isn't a win for liberty or for the market.
A Libertarian Party county organization (whatever they are called) pointed this out, saying if you don't want to eat it, don't eat it.
Then, some statist control-freaks decided this was a time to pile on and mock the LP and the principle upon which it is built.
In doing so, they exposed themselves for what they are and demonstrated that they aren't as smart as they believe themselves to be.
Winning elections doesn't show that someone is correct.
Avoiding having principles so you can "win" elections doesn't make you a winner.
Having a clever insult label ("Losertarian") you can always fall back on when you have no point doesn't make you clever.
Appealing to socialism and collectivism is a statist's ploy.
Nonsense like this from "conservatives" is why I can never be a conservative. They are just as authoritarian and socialistic as their opposition on the statist Left, just less honest about it.
I don't believe in banning anything. I believe in speaking out, ridiculing, boycotting, shunning... and there are things I support people's right to use self-defensive violence to prevent happening to themselves or another victim. But banning through legislation is a bad way to do anything.
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*I am completely open to trying lab-grown meat. Even though I don't believe in "animal rights", I don't want animals to suffer unnecessarily. Industrialized killing facilities horrify me. Shooting something in the wild is usually much more humane. Since not all meat can be obtained that way, I'm in favor of looking for other options. If lab-grown meat is safe and tastes good, I would eat it. I wouldn't force my choice on you, though.
100% with you on that.
ReplyDeleteIf you look closely at the "outlaw lab-grown meat" lobby, it's basically Big Ag trying to protect its business model. So far the stuff is too expensive to be competitive, but if that changes then a large segment of the market will likely buy it.
If I can buy, say, a lab-grown ribeye or even ground beef, at a price that's competitive with "the real thing," and if I haven't seen some kind of convincing research showing that it's unhealthy vs. "the real thing," and if the reviews say it tastes like "the real thing," I'll give it a try. Like you, not because of "animal rights" per se, but because I just don't LIKE to know that animals are suffering to bring me my food and this will be a way I can change that.
I tried the "Impossible Whopper" from Burger King. I liked it. Some people say they can't tell the difference. I thought I could, but just barely. If I really felt like I needed to reduce my meat intake for health reasons, I'd probably go that way. As long as nobody's FORCING me to, no biggie.
I also tried, and liked, the Impossible Whopper. I've eaten veggie burgers a lot in my life- some are better than others.
DeleteI want the option to at least try the lab-grown meat and make up my own mind. And, even if it is lacking at first, as long as it doesn't get outlawed, I expect it to improve over time.
On the "veggie burger" side, I don't like most of them very much, but a local restaurant does serve one with black beans that I like. My wife always orders that because she's (mostly) vegetarian. I don't always order that because I'm not.
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