Tuesday, September 26, 2023

How Much Vegetarian Hype Goes On In Germany

 If you tried to compare it to the 1980s....it's a shocking amount.  If you compared the hype to 2010, it's a small limited amount of hype.  I'd say every year, if you watch public TV....you get around three hours minimum....of eating lifestyle chatter.  

It'll always be led by some nationalist, and there'll typically be five or six 'witnesses' (followers) who've gone down this path.  The logic is....if they converted....so can you.  

I hate to call it cult-like but you often get the impression that the 10-minute report is staged in a way to convert you.

Present numbers?  It's believed in the 8-million range of Germans (teens included) are in some way or shape....vegetarians (out of 84-million in population).  Some will state a neutral-like position....that use fish or chicken a couple of occasions each week.  

This turning into several cults?  Well.....yes, there is the anti-sugar cult also existing, and the nutrition-cult.  Each has a 'brand' to sell, and a message for their group.  I'm not against any of them existing, but it often seems like a propaganda message when presented to the general public.

All of this leading to a regulated society in the decades to come?  Yeah, I'd go and suggest that fast-food operations will be forced to change, and limit beef/pork products in the future. 

If you were going at this from a nutrition stand-point and just said calorie intake ought to be an eventual goal.....most people would buy into that message/brand.  Beyond that?  People start asking stupid questions, and you get amused looks for the fake facts presented.  

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