• Cheesus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s really cheap if you buy it local. When I was on vacation in Laos, there were signs on the side of the road for 0.5kg of the stuff for $5 usd equivalent. I didn’t try it because I’ve heard of the animal rights issues.

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      11 months ago

      I’m from one of the country in question and I’m certain animal welfare is far at the bottom of the list of our priorities.

      Even our famous endangered species like Orangutans fight losing battles against palm fruit oil producers ravaging their natural forest habitat.

      So yeah, that’s what happens when the majority of the population still needs to compete for food with the animals.

      Greed and corruption are widespread everywhere it’s exhausting.