>We used to have more humane farming. We used to have laws against child labor.

So, you get the point of having legislation like laws prohibiting child labor instead of moral grandstanding calling on people to abstain from purchasing unethically produced goods, right?

>We now eat pigs, animals smarter than dogs, that lived tortured lives while wearing clothing made by children.

Which goes to show my point: the problem of child labor has only ever been resolved by having legislation against it.

Not by passing the (un)ethical choice onto the consumer.

>I'm guessing unless you grew up rich or very recently, you consume more meat now than you were accustomed too growing up.

I grew up in a communal flat in post-USSR-collapse Ukraine with five families to 1 toilet, in case you are wondering, and no, I don't consume any more meat now than I was accustomed to growing up.

I don't see how that is related to anything I'm saying, other than trying to go for another holier-than-thou ad hominem.

>You can easily chose 'not factory farmed' and still eat meat.

Pray tell how.

Let's be specific. I live in California, and while I consider myself well off, I'm not what you'd call rich.

I shop in stores like Lucky, Ralph's, and 99 ranch.

When I go to those stores, how do I tell which meat was "factory farmed", and which wasn't? Honest question, because that information isn't on the label.

Which is, again, a point I am making: it should be illegal to not put this information along with nutrition data.