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Why the EU’s ‘Veggie Burger Ban’ Vote Should Alarm Everyone, Not Just Vegans

veganhorizon.substack.com

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You vil not eat ze processed slop
Based EU for once tbf
Fuck that. If you don't set regulations for what one thing is called, corporations will take advantage of that instantly to sell cheap crap. Regulate food laws. Don't let weird things be called burgers. Let them make up their own name for their processed vegetable matter patties.
- Burger describes shape, not what it's made of.
  You're talking about a HAMburger.
  
  Hamburgers are named after immigrants from Hamburg Germany.
- There's burgers with all type of meat or fish, why this is not a problem?
- Yeah, ban turkey burgers!
I read that and I'm not to sure I understand the point the writer is trying to make.
Wow Europeans think a chicken burger contains beef because it says burger there on the menu? Do they think filet mignon is fish because it says filet? Is a pomme de terre an apple or a potato??? How deep does this go???
- People are not stupid, even the lobby that says that people think like this do not really believe people think like this. People understand veggie burger is made from veggies just like they understand peanut butter is made from peanuts.
  Yes I caught your sarcasm. Yes I still chose to reply without sarcasm.
Thank you for exposing the meat industry! Clearly they're misleading customers too.
Nobody gave a fuck until the meat lobby shaped public perception. Most people only care because they have been manipulated into caring.
- Same thing with the dairy lobby. I'm not buying oat milk and thinking "this came from a cow". The fucking performative bullshit the right goes through on a daily basis must be fucking exhausting!

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