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Re:From farm to factory: the unstoppable rise of American ch... by nemo44x on Thursday August 20, 2020 @08:48PM (#24230732)
It is designed to allow poor people to have meat. A modern miracle really.

I don’t purchase it because I have enough money to buy chickens that been humanely raised. I believe this is a moral obligation if you can afford it. But I won’t judge people who can’t afford it to buy chickens raised this way. If my fortunes change I will be grateful I can still buy a chicken. While I’m not in that situation I will continue to consume free range, organic, “happy chickens” that only had 1 bad day.

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Re:From farm to factory: the unstoppable rise of American ch... by pacaro on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:37AM (#24232294)
I wonder about this too.it feels like the availability of cheap meat has a significant social.impact that I don't see discussed anywhere. If factory farmed meat was unavailable a significant section of society would only rarely be able to afford meat. Put another way, the availability of cheap meat disguises the true extent of poverty in this country
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