In the (urban middle classes of) the post-industrial West, the symbolic value of #meat has been inverted. It always stood for nourishment & vitality, but now represents debauchery & harm.

What happened?

THREAD 🧵: a (very) simplified version of a complex historical trajectory pic.twitter.com/ubZeauTt86

— Frédéric Leroy (@fleroy1974) February 20, 2021