Yancuīc tiyānquiztli, melāhuac patiyōtl

In tlahtōl ītechcopa libertario: tlaxtlahuīlli, tlamachiyōliztli īhuān melāhuac tlahtōlli

This page makes no moral demand at all. It argues that if you believe in markets, property rights and informed consumers, you should be against the way animal products are currently produced and priced — regardless of what you think about animal ethics.

In tlaīxmatiliztli ītechcopa tlahcuilōlli

Subsidised input
Feed crops and livestock production receive substantial public support through the EU's CAP and the US farm bill.
Externalised cost
Water pollution, air quality, zoonotic risk and antimicrobial resistance are borne by neighbours and taxpayers, not by producers.
Restricted information
Ag-gag laws criminalise or civilly penalise undercover documentation, suppressing the information consumers would need.
Protected labels
Legal fights over 'milk', 'burger' and 'sausage' terms for plant products are protectionism dressed as consumer protection.

In tlanahuatil tlen ihtic tihtlaxtlahua amo in ixtlahuac tlaxtlahualli tlen tlamantli

Ce tlanahuatil tlen kichihua tlamantli kineki ma tlen kipia tlaxtlahualli tlen tlamantli ma kichihua ixtlahuac tlaxtlahualli. Tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh kipanahuia in tlanahuatil. Tlaxtlahualli tlen altepetl kipalehuiya in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh ihuan in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh; in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh ihuan in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh kichihua tlaxtlahualli tlen kipia in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh; in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh kichihua tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh ihuan in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh kichihua tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh; ihuan in tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh kichihua tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh kichihua tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh.

Amo ce tlen ihtic tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh. In tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh kichihua tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh. Ce tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh amo kineki ma kichihua tlamantli tlen kichihua tlamantli tlen yolcameh.

Ag-gag: in tlācatl quimpiya cē industria ītechpa tlamachtiliztli

Ipan Estados Unidos, miyec tlācatiyān quinēxtīqueh tlanahuatilli tēchihua tlahuelilocāyōtl ītechpa tlahcuilōlli ītech cencah tlālli ītechpa tlamachtiliztli. In tlātlāhuīlli tlanahuatilli quimixpantīcah ahnōzo quimixpantīcah cequi īpan ītechpa Primera Enmienda — īpan Idaho, Utah, Iowa auh Kansas īhuān occequīntin. Inīn tlanahuatilli īnelhuayōtl cē tlamachtiliztli: in industria ītlamachtiliztli ahmo huēyi quimati tlahcuilōlli, īca in tlācatl tlatlāuhtīcah quitlāzaz tlahcuilōlli.

Tlein tiquimati ītechpa yōlcatl, cē tiyānquiztli ahmo huēyi quichīhuāz quēmeh tlamachtiliztli quimpiyāz tlein tiquimati tlein ticōhuāz.

Cheap meat is not a triumph of the market. It is a subsidy, an externality and a law against cameras.

Tlāpalōliztli ītechcopa tlamachtiliztli

Inīn tlamachtiliztli mochīhua īpan tlahcuilōliztli. Inīn cuacuauhtin īhuān pitzomeh tlācah īpan inīn EU īhuān miyac Estados Unidos ōquichīuhqueh inic quimahmācah inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli 'burger', 'sausage' ahnōzo 'milk'. Inīn tlahtōlli quimonequiltia inīn tlahcuilōliztli; ahtlein tlahcuilōliztli quimonequiltia, īhuān inīn tlamachtiliztli quimonequiltia inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli. Inīn tlamachtiliztli quimonequiltia inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli.

Inīn tlamachtiliztli ītechcopa tlahtōlli: quimonequiltia inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli īpan inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli, īhuān inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli quimonequiltia inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli.

  • Tlahtōlli ītechcopa inīn tlanelhuayōtl īpan inīn tlahcuilōliztli, inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli īpan inīn EU.
  • Tlahtōlli ītechcopa inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli īpan inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli.
  • Tlahtōlli ītechcopa inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli īpan inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli, ahnōzo tlahtōlli ītechcopa inīn tlanelhuayōtl ītechcopa tlahtōlli.

What a deregulated animal economy would look like

Remove production subsidies and price the externalities and animal products become significantly more expensive relative to plant proteins. Analyses of true-cost accounting in food consistently find that meat and dairy carry the largest hidden costs of any food category. The result is not prohibition; it is a smaller, more expensive, higher-welfare animal sector and a much larger plant sector — an outcome reached by prices rather than by bans.

That is a policy programme a libertarian can support without ever conceding a single premise of animal-rights philosophy.

Tlahtōlli in tlācatl quimotlālia

Isn't ending subsidies just another way of banning meat?

No — it is removing a state intervention and letting the product carry its own cost. If animal products can compete at an honest price, they will continue to be sold. Most analysts expect a smaller, higher-welfare, more expensive sector rather than an absent one.

Are ag-gag laws still in force?

Some are, and several have been struck down or narrowed by federal courts on free-speech grounds, including in Idaho, Utah, Iowa and Kansas. The litigation is ongoing and varies by state.

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