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Looks like Roblaw’s at it again… robbing the working class to keep obscene profits rolling to the Parasite Class. And I bet the farmer who raised those turkeys get only a few dollars per.

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[–] AlmightyTritan@beehaw.org 18 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I think even if you don't eat meat there's reason to be mad. Cause they killed a bunch of animals, and put it at prices where people can't afford to buy and thus might have even more waste. So a triple whammy of corporate greed, excessive animal farming, and food waste!

On the plus side maybe people will be forced to buy more ethically farmed turkeys this year, or reduce meat intake all together, cause its looking like these are more expensive then any locally grown Turkeys I've seen.

For additional context on my take: I do eat meat, despite being morally against factory farming. So, I try to reduce my intake of unethically farmed food and try to use as much of the animal as possible.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I don't see a triple whammy, it's a nothing burger to me.

  1. If it's a greedy markup on top of a product that I'm against, I don't care
  2. Excessive animal farming... exists already regardless of price passed down to consumers
  3. We don't any evidence these turkeys are going to waste at higher rates than before yet so this is just speculation

So personally I don't see any reason for me to be mad, though I empathize that folks who care about having turkey have their reasons.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So you would rather they slaughter an excessive amount of animals that will then be entirely discarded, then to actually go to people to eat?

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes. I would rather the animals' deaths be entirely pointless and bring zero revenue to the animal killers.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Killing animals is wrong! Unless you're pointlessly killing them so someone doesn't profit from it!"

Dude are you alright, cause wow, what a fucked up and incredibly disgusting view.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago

No, killing is still wrong when it's pointless. You need to pay attention and take this discussion seriously. Killing that doesn't benefit murderers is better than killing that benefits murderers, because murder shouldn't be profitable.

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