The richer people get, the more meat they eat

Re:The richer people get, the more meat they eat by bobthepanda on Saturday July 30, 2022 @02:45PM (#32289243)

Meat is a status thing. In many countries meat was more expensive than veggies pound for pound, so rich people ate more meat.

Poor people ate very plant heavy diets but that was because they had to.

There isn’t really an equivalent reversal of status at the ultra-rich level to dial it back down.

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Re:The richer people get, the more meat they eat by dllthomas on Saturday July 30, 2022 @02:49PM (#32289272)

Status things that are comfortably within the reach of everyone often cease to be status things.

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Re:The richer people get, the more meat they eat by bobthepanda on Saturday July 30, 2022 @03:04PM (#32289378)

There are still plenty of poor people who can't afford meat in every meal, even in rich countries. And even with mass meat consumption there is still further delineation like grades of meat that is plenty for rich consumers to differentiate themselves from (most people certainly cannot afford to cook Kobe/Wagyu with every meal)

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Re:The richer people get, the more meat they eat by dllthomas on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:22PM (#32292566)

Yeah, obviously as you say there are reasons to suspect that effect isn't fully applicable (yet?) and to whatever degree it is it hasn't dominated overall. It just seemed relevant enough to share.

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