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I disagree with your statement about people being "meat obsessive" like it's a recent thing. People have always ate meat and believe it or not, it's good to have some meat in your diet.
It's easy to demonize the mass production of meat, especially with chickens and cows. Some organizations in the animal rights groups have spread the message to the right way, but this shit ridiculous.
However, the dirty secret of all this is that if groups like these get their way and mass production of food is eliminated, with everything being "Organic" (I really hate that word) - including all Meat, Fruits & Vegetables. The group that would suffer the most would be lower income families. "Real" foods would be completely priced out of their budget. They would be stuck with eating a majority of their meals out of processed food that only comes in boxes.
The mass production of food allows for people in all social classes access to quality food, where in the past, these types of foods were only affordable to the upper class.
I agree that something had to (and needs to be done) with current industry where there seems to be no oversight in the treatment animals, but these clowns definitely do far more damage to the cause but making Vegans look like a group of cultist lunatics, on par with the Westboro Baptist Church freaks. Which according to anytime they show up in the news or social media, they are.
People have always eaten meat but there wasn't always 7 billion people in the world and if you look at western society now it is not uncommon to have a large-ish portion of meat for each meal. I believe portion sizes in general and especially meat portions have increased notable over the last couple of generations, but I have nothing to back support this and don't feel like putting in the time to research that so feel free to disregard.
I really don't want to discuss this too much because it is a super complex issue (as most things are despite what the vocal extremists on both side would want to profess), and I wish it was as simple as telling everyone to eat local, ethical, "organic" (I agree with you regarding the wishy-washiness of this term) small-farm produce because that's not realistic for a large segment of the population. The discussion is far more complex I'm sure and not one I can do proper justice whilst at work.