Maybe Elizabeth Warren is right and we need to shut billionaires down? Here’s the latest from Bill Gates. . .
Bill Gates: Rich nations should move to "100 percent synthetic beef" https://t.co/zDe9ewiBFU pic.twitter.com/i92qJWGLPb
— The Hill (@thehill) March 27, 2022
And, yes, it’s all about climate change:
Bill Gates said he believes rich nations would help the global fight against climate change by consuming only plant-based meat products instead of beef.https://t.co/nXzy6YodTM
— Karen Campbell (@KarenCampbellTV) March 27, 2022
The Hill is quoting from an interview Gates gave to MIT Technology Review:
“I do think all rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef,” Gates said when asked about how countries can help to reduce methane emissions when it comes to food production. “You can get used to the taste difference, and the claim is they’re going to make it taste even better over time.”
And he’s talking about the plant-based meat that’s already on the market and not some fancy lab-grown beef from the future:
“Impossible and Beyond have a road map, a quality road map and a cost road map, that makes them totally competitive,” Gates said, referring to popular plant-based meat companies. “As for scale today, they don’t represent 1% of the meat in the world, but they’re on their way.”
Put us in the “I’ll pass” category as well:
Bill Gates says we should move to, "100 percent synthetic beef."
I'll pass.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) March 27, 2022
Maybe Gates can pay people to switch to plant-based meat, but that might not work for everyone. LOL:
If Bill Gates offered me his entire fortune, I would not agree to this. No amount of money would be worth going a lifetime without actual red meat. https://t.co/ozudoyAlA1
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) March 26, 2022
And here’s Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky making some important points on what this move really means.
“Bill Gates is an elitist who thinks governments should control people “beneath” him like livestock”:
Bill Gates is an elitist who thinks governments should control people “beneath” him like livestock.
“Eventually, that green premium is modest enough that you can sort of change the [behavior of] people or use regulation to totally shift the demand" -Gates https://t.co/C4aV21p0bX
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2022
And, as Rep. Massie points out, only puts more power in the hands of major corporations.
“Bill Gates is a also menace to free and self-sufficient people. Forcing people to eat only synthetic food, using government regulation, means only corporations can prepare it. People would not be able to raise food themselves. That’s fine if it’s a choice. It’s slavery otherwise”:
Bill Gates is a also menace to free and self-sufficient people. Forcing people to eat only synthetic food, using government regulation, means only corporations can prepare it. People would not be able to raise food themselves. That’s fine if it’s a choice. It’s slavery otherwise.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2022
We’ll end the post with this mic drop.
“Not a man to be trusted with your food supply or anything else for that matter”:
Not a man to be trusted with your food supply or anything else for that matter:
“And unlike many others, Mr. Gates started the relationship after Mr. Epstein was convicted of sex crimes.”https://t.co/Uy1mtWE5I0
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 27, 2022
True and true.
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