usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoWho could have seen this coming except for people warning about it for decadesi.imgflip.comimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1imageWho could have seen this coming except for people warning about it for decadesi.imgflip.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squarelightnegative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoConsumers: only buy the cheapest regardless of how it’s produced, ensuring a race to the bottom Producers: lower standards to increase production so they can sell meat for the lowest cost Consumers when they find out what that entails: shocked pikachu face
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI highly doubt that chain of causation to be true. Had people paid more, the producers would still lower their cost base as much as possible, in order to maximize profits.
Consumers: only buy the cheapest regardless of how it’s produced, ensuring a race to the bottom
Producers: lower standards to increase production so they can sell meat for the lowest cost
Consumers when they find out what that entails: shocked pikachu face
I highly doubt that chain of causation to be true. Had people paid more, the producers would still lower their cost base as much as possible, in order to maximize profits.