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How the world’s voracious appetite for shrimp is destroying Ecuador’s mangroves (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Is it really the appetite? People liking good food is causing this? How about a voracious appetite for profits.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    could it not be both? obv profits drive the desire to sell more shrimp but at the same time if you know slaves are processing your "good food" would you not feel some moral responsibility to not consume it or at least attempt to find more humane alternatives?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Sure but how can anyone possibly be informed about all the atrocities being committed for various products in a supermarket. There's too many 😭

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    Generally a good rule of thumb is: if the product is an animal, atrocities were committed. It's not a perfect rule, there are some plant-based products that involve their own atrocities (coffee and chocolate and other tropical plants come to mind) but it's a good shorthand. You simply can't mass produce animal products at affordable prices without atrocities.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    The local population of shrimp has been devastated (but still harvested! At your local pseudobougie restaurant, only 18€ for 100g), compared to Ecuadorian shrimp, 10€ kg...I'm sure once the price get hiked because they've over farmed and wasted the environment that we'll see less of a market (or another developing country starts the next cycle)

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