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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoPork is the protein of the poor. You don’t need land to raise them and you can feed them scraps and garbage. Consider a goat or a sheep. Not only do you need the animals, you need access to grazing lands for that. You need wealth. The best explanation for the taboo: elite snobbery.
Pork is the protein of the poor. You don’t need land to raise them and you can feed them scraps and garbage.
Consider a goat or a sheep. Not only do you need the animals, you need access to grazing lands for that. You need wealth.
The best explanation for the taboo: elite snobbery.