Re:Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage
by PragmaticPulp on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:16AM
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> This seems no different than the ridiculous laws proposed in some US states recently
Proposing ridiculous laws that won’t go anywhere is an age-old tactic for local politicians to grab headlines and fire up their voter base. There are numerous proposed laws like that every week that will never go anywhere and were never intended to.
Ridiculous, yes, but don’t let it fool you into thinking that there was a chance of it happening in the US.
As for Italy: I have no idea. Their politics are weirder than I can wrap my head around and I’m not familiar enough to know if this is a political bluff or a serious effort.
Proposing ridiculous laws that won’t go anywhere is an age-old tactic for local politicians to grab headlines and fire up their voter base. There are numerous proposed laws like that every week that will never go anywhere and were never intended to.
Ridiculous, yes, but don’t let it fool you into thinking that there was a chance of it happening in the US.
As for Italy: I have no idea. Their politics are weirder than I can wrap my head around and I’m not familiar enough to know if this is a political bluff or a serious effort.