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Originally Posted by JonL
Nobody's forcing anyone, but the relentless marketing and ubiquitous presence of McDonald's et.al. makes for increased consumption of environmentally unsound beef IMO, just as relentless marketing makes for increased and imprudent overconsumption in general.
It's not all about keeping me happy... I wasn't the one who brought up "And lets not talk vegetarian, I'd rather put a gun to my head." The poster who brought that up rightly identified overpopulation as the root of many of our environmental problems. My point isn't about what will "keep me happy," it's about how do we manage our rapidly disappearing resources in the face of a worldwide population that is not going to shrink any time soon. I don't know why dealing with the problems of disappearing resources and environmental degradation has become a liberal vs. conservative issue. One would think that this is the one thing on which everyone could find some common ground if not total agreement.
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I didnt say liberal but your right thats what I was thinking. Here is where that thought came from.
IMO, the western world, driven by it's corporations quest for profit, have embraced consumption all out of proportion to what is required for it's (oversized) population. Need a fast lunch? Let's get a 1000 calorie "big meal" or whatever based on cheap south american beef that caused the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest.
I have a question. At what point does a corporation become evil enough to strip the amazon rain forest.