"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal
Ezra Klein on why “meat should not be cheap.”
P.S. Which isn’t to say we shouldn’t be concerned about food prices, particularly for poorer folks. However, the system we currently have 1) subsidizes industrially produced meat while hiding costs (particularly environmental ones) and 2) makes healthier foods (whole grains, fruits, vegetables) more expensive than they have to be.
I have a better idea for reducing the amount of meat eaten: everyone should have to personally kill a cow or a pig periodically. Now, this won’t work for everyone (as someone who hunts and fishes, it wouldn’t bother me in the least) but I think the fact that people can go pick up meat in a little styrofoam container with all the blood soaked up in that sanitary napkin on the back of the tray is what really keeps people going back for more. If you are going to cause death, I think you should be required to personally encounter it from time to time.
A Thinking Reed 
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