Pretty sure that the Rolling Stones has a whole song about where this “beef” is coming from.

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    I’ve never understood the “it’s not actually beef” conspiracies.

    In what world is it cheaper to farm and other animal in large enough amounts to supply that much ground meat? There is an entire, large scale economy of animal industry dedicated to beef supply that wildly drops the cost per pound of beef, but suddenly someone just found another, cheaper animal to mass farm that beats it?

    Doubtful.

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    He never said it was beef. Just “product for.ground beef” whatever that is… I say neigh, I will pass on Burgers for a bit.

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      If you can get as much meat as you’re able to from a local butcher.

      Befriend the people at that butcher shop. Have actual conversations with them, ask their advice on things, even if you don’t think you need it.

      The guy that likes you isn’t going to sell you questionable meat. If he’s any good he’s not even buying questionable meat. You might even get discount locally sourced eggs there too.

      It occurs to me that some venture capital firms have tried to corporatize and boutiquify butcher shops with expensive, “artisanal” offerings.

      Your local butcher probably isn’t wasting money on billboard and TV spots. Parking lot will be full every Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Case will be full and somebody will be actively cutting something up in the back, which will almost certainly be mostly visible.

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        We’ve got a butcher’s shop in my country that doubles as a restaurant and all the meat comes from their own farm not too far from the city. Best meat I’ve had.

        The US has like 300x more population and a huge thing for beef in particular. Bound to have tons of places like that if you know where to look, or so I’d hope.

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          I also have a quality butcher in ly neighborhood. He wins awards with his sausages, and has his own animals in fields with various farmers he knows.

          Most people just get the cheapest meat at the supermarket, though.

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    People coming up with all those crazy theories while the most likely explanation is that that there is no beef. It’s not the first time Trump promised something without ever planning on delivering it.

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      I don’t know about that. Last time he imported beef from Argentina and it pissed off a bunch of beef ranchers. Maybe he thought he could avoid that by just not saying where he got it from this time.

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    China wouldn’t take it so trump bought it up and will sell diseased beef to Americans because he doesn’t give a shit if we die as long as he makes money off it.

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    Peak capitalism. Billions of exploited, unidentified animals suffering for profit. Corpse flesh of an unknown species.

    How we treat other creatures seems to be a reflection of how we treat one another as a species.