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[-] darvocet@infosec.pub 107 points 1 year ago

It’s a right wing trope that we’re all going to be forced to eat bugs.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 year ago

I don't even get why they think we're going to be forced to eat it. You can also just eat plant protein like beans. Do they all just forget that plants exist?

[-] Space_Jamke@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Villifying plants is on the nonsensical agenda as well (i.e. making mountains out of molehills over soy/phytoestrogens). But Tofu and other soybean foods have been staples across a huge chunk of East Asia for centuries and nobody's been worse off for it (besides unlucky allergies). Funny enough, East Asia also has a few niche recipes for cooking bugs, and since my parents are from South Korea I occasionally ate steamed silkworm pupae as a kid (they sell them here in cans as 번데기/beondegi). The weird earthy taste and general phobia of creepy crawlies is the reason it's not too popular nowadays. I wasn't a huge fan myself but I do see bug meat as a potential resource.

So it's just the usual fearmongering over made-up problems. Plant protein is good, bug protein has existed as something I wouldn't mind if it tastes alright, and the meat industry's going to lobby for more subsidies and thrive regardless of what happens.

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