Who could have seen this coming except for people warning about it for decades

https://lemmy.ml/post/15953998

Who could have seen this coming except for people warning about it for decades - Lemmy

This should read as:

Regulators: allows the meat industry to put creatures in the filthiest conditions possible disease starts spreading and affecting the industry Regulators: 😧

More like:

Meat industry: lobbies regulators and focus on profits above all else despite every warning against it

disease starts spreading and affecting the industry

Meat industry: 😮

This is spot on. The meat industry for years has been trusted because of regulation. The moment you take away regulation you take away trust and start a race to the bottom. Ask any of these other deregulated industries: -News and Television -Deregulated in the 90s -Boeing and commercial aircraft - Merged unchallenged in the 90s and the FAA allowed ā€œself reportingā€ -Banks - Deregulated in the 90s.

This really should read as:

Republicans defund regulation budgets to appease meat producers’ donations.

Regulators: ā€œthere’s three of usā€

Meat producers: ā€œwe have no incentive to follow existing laws and standards which were lax as hell to begin with.ā€