And The Left itself was wildly complicit, enthusiastic about poisoning itself. There was the embrace of pseudoscience shit like Lysenkoism that drove out any real scientists. But mostly the left did what it always does: throw away any consistent values for the sake of expanding its coalition.

meat consumption is one of the first things to rise as people escape poverty! getting people to embrace vegetarianism / veganism is hard! over a quarter of habitable land goes to livestock production! good meat alternatives would be one of the best things to happen to the environment!