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Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes by danans on Sunday February 24, 2019 @10:54PM (#19242778)
You might be surprised to learn that the consumption of most common meat was banned in Japan from 675C to 1872CE:

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-japan-became-hooked-on-m...

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Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes by photoguy112 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @06:55AM (#19253549)
That was an Emperial ban when emperors had power. Pulling a similar stunt now would be impossible.
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