Q3 Blog 4 Construct an argument that challenges normative ideology

The Industrial revolution has led to a vast amount of effects that are felt today yet one that easily stands out is the meat consuming culture that has given way for new chemicals in the meat, new, mass methods of slaughter, and a highly inefficient system of transport for meat. While these methods may easily increase the amount of meat being produced they have many adverse effects that greatly outweigh the comforts of having meat as a luxury.
One of the main reasons that the consumption of meat should be abandoned is because in the transportation of meat has made it so that meat is now pumped full of sometimes toxic chemicals. One of these chemicals is the chemical nitrous oxide. The World Cancer Research Fund recently published a study that showed incredibly high rates of cancer in meat-eaters compared to people who did not eat meat. They concluded that “all people should immediately stop buying and eating processed meat products.” It is thus clear that for personal health concerns meat should no longer be consumed by any humans.
Because the meat packing industry is a corporation it is motivated not by the comfort of the cows and pigs that it uses to make our hamburgers and steaks but it is instead motivated by the desire for profit. This desire leads the meat-packing industry to often commit acts of torture so heinous that, if revealed to the public, would bring disgust to any reasonable person’s mind. To make milk, for example, cows are impregnated and whatever calves are born from these mothers are brutally murdered so that the mother may continue to produce milk as its maternal instincts are exploited for our comfort. The calves are fed a milk substitute that is deficient in calcium so that the calves become anemic and so that they can then sold as higher priced “veal.” If God indeed put these animals on the earth to feed humans a kind, loving God would surely not have wanted us to abuse them in such a way.
Scientific studies have shown that the production of meat releases many times more carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere than the production of vegetables and fruits. These chemicals further contribute to Global Warming and a system that slowly chips away at the things that support it cannot last very long. It is unreasonable to keep consuming meat for the health and moral problems associated with it. This is why we must immediately adopt a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. This may be a large change from the steaks and hamburgers that society has accustomed us to, but it necessary for this to happen if we wish for our prosperous society to continue.