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nebula8804 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Montana Has More Cows Than People. Why Are Locals ...

>the big guys (a 4 company cartel) get to use literal slave labor to do the butchering, processing, and packing.

If this is truly the case then there is a large reckoning coming for everyone who currently benefits from this. That includes consumers. It just seems impossible for the current arrangement to last.

jfengel 3 months ago | [–]

It has lasted for several decades, and the core of it dates back over a century.

That reckoning may yet come but nobody expects it any time soon.

Scoundreller 3 months ago | [–]

AI butchers going after consumers keeps me up at night too

nebula8804 86 days ago | [–]

What are you talking about? I'm referring to hidden inflation that is suppressed by this activity.

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