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The article has the who, what, when, where, but not the ever important why.
Ah. There it is. I guess I'm to assume lab grown meat is somehow "woke" (or something of equal or greater bullshit)?
The "why" is certainly that someone in the state beef industry gave him a pile of money.
Everything they don't like is woke.
It's this political cycle's go-to boogyman word.
I would love someone to use it in front of me as a pejorative just so I can ask what it means and watch them squirm.
I've done that. Twice.
Both times they just dodged a direct answer and just started naming off stuff they didn't like.
I've had this happen, went with "woke? you mean understanding that there is injustice in the world, and we should probably fix that, whats wrong with that?"
Didn't say anything after that. Don't mess with my happy when i'm on my honeymoon ffs!
Actually it looks to be a regulatory grab.
Likely they want to pose a different tax on lab meat than other meat. Doing so usually is to provide a method to pander to farmer votes later on down the road. It's like the reason things like corn subsidies seem to just never go away.
So this just looks like the person is creating a new card for the deck of cards to be played during elections. But I guess "woke" can be in there too if that plays well to his base.
Hey guys ready for an "old" Republican talking point?
"We don't pick winners and losers!" "The liberals want to pick who does well and who fails!"
Yeah, just like 99.9% of what they say, it's all bullshit meant to serve their immediate purposes (bashing the left) and then tossed away when it would impede their desired outcome.
Not just bullshit, but also complete projection on their part.
The meat is grown in a lab. Vaccines are from labs. Therefore lab grown meat is bad.
Plus, do you know who wins hangs around labs? SCIENTISTS!!!
Now, if this was church grown meat...
Does FL have a large cattle market that I am unaware of? That's the only reason I can think to ban lab-grown meat. It's a win for almost every other conceivable stakeholder.
Actually yes. Florida has a very large cattle market, one of the largest in the US (I don't believe it is the largest, but it's certainly one of the bigger ones).
Edit: just looked up the most recent stats and the Florida cattle market is smaller than I thought, but still sizeable. It's currently sitting at about the 14th largest in the US and makes up about 2% of the entire US market.
They mostly farm old Yankees, but yes there is a massive meat industry presence in Florida.
Lab-grown meat is better for the environment, therefore Republicans have to oppose it. Better to leave your grandchildren a pollution-ravaged used-up planet than to risk being seen as "woke"!