That gets difficult when billion dollar industries are involved, especially multiple. Some politicians will oppose the corruption, but the corporations will just fund the campaign of other politicians that are willing to act in their interest.

Transparency and a vigilant civil society with consequences for scandals can mitigate that somewhat, to varying degrees. But ultimately there’s corruption in every government at every level of governance. Capital interests always find a way, unfortunately.

Imo it’s just really easy to switch stuff like burgers, nuggets, chicken wings, chicken breast etc. over to a (good) plant-based equivalent, I don’t feel like I’ve lost anything by doing that. It would already remove a lot of environmental destruction and animal suffering without people going fully vegetarian or vegan.

Not saying those efforts can’t be done in parallel, but subsidizing vat grown meat is necessary as well.

Yes, I agree with that and I’ll be happy when it gets affordable.

I have family members that are meat eaters, but they are often surprised how good some alternatives are nowadays when I give them new stuff to try. It’s true that some aren’t good, though. It really depends on the product. Most people haven’t tried the good ones in my experience, or don’t have them available in their region yet.

The official statistics here in Germany are that plant-based sales increased by about 15% year-on-year, and more than doubled over the last 5 years alone. It’s certainly catching on here.

Most vegetarians and vegans will be happy about positive changes. They aren’t the loudest ones, however. Similar to feminism, the most radical opinions get much more attention relative to reasonable ones. Especially by those opposed to it.

When I was a meat eater I also saw it as an all-or-nothing choice though, as if I need to fully commit all at once, which was daunting to me. Then I tried to be vegetarian for a week which was surprisingly easy. Then I had a foot in the door, decided to continue, and replaced eggs and milk as well in the following weeks.

Some people might have an easier time replacing single foods, like buying plant-based patties instead of meat ones, or just trying out a few plant-based alternatives, and that’s great too.

It’s still from factory farms with very cruel living conditions, which is why it can be so cheap.

Plant-based meat alternatives have also become much tastier, cheaper and available, especially over the last decade. Cultivated meat will be great for steaks and stuff, but for many things we already have replacements that are quite good.

Some store brand meat alternatives have already reached price parity with factory farmed meat here in Germany, and this will continue as the industry scales up.

They’re using the money they got from their customers to lobby politicians to keep doing business as usual. They have so much power because people vote with their dollar, for them, and not for sustainable alternatives.

Blaming politicians while continuing to fund these industries won’t lead to anything.

It is absurd, and complicit at this point. I think most people who are informed about what’s happening in Gaza would agree on this. But it’s not much of a topic in public discourse here and quite a few people still believe that the IDF is fighting against terrorists, so there’s not enough pressure against this. Especially amongst the conservatives.

Das Wichtigste ist es nicht zu fliegen, das spart sogar Geld.

Beim Strom könnte man auch als Mieter zu einem Ökostromanbieter wechseln, die sind auch nicht mehr unbedingt teurer.

Statt Fleisch kann man entweder auf Lebensmittel zurückgreifen die günstiger sind (z.B. Haferflocken, Bohnen, Linsen, gefrorenes Gemüse, Falafelmischung) oder es mit pflanzenbasierten Fleischalternativen ersetzen. Die von den Lidl und Kaufland Eigenmarken sind inzwischen mindestens so günstig wie Billigfleisch und die anderen Supermärkte sind auch auf dem Weg.

Also nachhaltiger zu Leben geht auch als Mieter und ohne reich zu sein.

I don’t think the official one is gonna be bad by any means. They will probably fix the biggest flaws with hindsight and modernize the graphics, and it will be a big improvement over the original if everything goes right.

But ultimately they had deadlines to meet and many more games in the pipeline, whilst the Skyblivion team can work on everything for as long as it takes, experiment much more and put as much detail and soul into everything as they want. I think that will make a difference, but both will be good games.

Skyblivion (the fan remake) will probably have much more attention to detail and will also release this year, after over 10 years of development. The dev log videos look amazing. I’d be very surprised if the official remake is as good.

Mein Eindruck ist dass viele Milliardäre Trump eher für niedrigere Steuern, Deregulierung und Einfluss unterstützt haben um Profite zu steigern. Die Entwicklungen in die Richtung werden ja auch sehr schnell vorangetrieben. Eine Weltwirtschaftskrise würde im Gegensatz zu diesen Interessen stehen und ein Risiko darstellen, dass sie einen Teil ihres Reichtums verlieren und andere Akteure als Gewinner hervorgehen.

Eine Diktatur nach Russlands Vorbild ist eigentlich auch nicht ideal für sie, weil sie sich dadurch Trump unterwerfen müssen, viel mehr seiner Willkür ausgesetzt sind und alles viel unberechenbarer wird. Die bisherige Situation, in der die politischen Parteien mehr oder weniger direkt dem Kapital dienen, scheint mir für die meisten Superreichen prinzipiell vorteilhafter zu sein als eine oligarchische Diktatur.

Die Frage ist was passiert wenn die meisten Milliardäre da keinen Bock mehr drauf haben. Können sie Trump abhalten oder müssen sie ihn loswerden?

Die Frustration teile ich, aber man muss auch bedenken was für massive negative Auswirkungen das haben wird wenn die dringend benötigten Investitionen nicht getätigt werden, insbesondere für die Ukraine und unsere Demokratie. Ich finde die Grünen müssen ordentlich verhandeln dass der Klimaschutz und Soziales nicht auf der Strecke bleiben. Gar nicht zuzustimmen ist aus meiner Sicht keine Option.

Aber… aber… Arbeit muss sich wieder lohnen! (natürlich nicht durch einen angemessenen Mindestlohn, sondern durch Armut wenn man nicht jede Schinderei mitmacht)

We also got Russia and the US weaponizing social media to support far-right parties. The EU needs to get their shit together.

The climate impact of the poorest is nothing compared to the pollution of rich countries anyways and the same is true for factory farming. The money will likely be used for much more environmentally destructive things now instead. There’s nothing positive in this from any progressive perspective.

I can imagine which kind of gun enthusiasts will form militias then, and what kind of values they will enforce… Certainly not equality and the rule of law. Many would probably hunt or terrorize immigrants and LGBT+ folks for leisure, for example.

Sure, police culture and accountability are broken in many places (especially in the US), but just getting rid of them while leaving a power vacuum for any nut jobs with power fantasies to fill, with literally 0 accountability, would be even more of an absolute nightmare for minorities.

And when it’s the only way to keep their family from starving, for example, people will consent in droves, securing supply.

I feel like if a child with a similar level of cognition as the cow harms other children, most people will say they have no moral agency yet, and will still see harvesting their leather as immoral.

There are two ways to resolve that inconsistency…