Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Wednesday banning cultivated or lab-grown meat in Florida, placing it within a conspiracy by global “elites” to destroy agriculture in the interests of fighting climate change. During a ceremony in the Hardee County Cattleman’s Arena in Wauchula the governor compared the threat of lab-grown meat to citrus greening and hurricanes. […]
  • Arbiter@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Gee, I wonder what group of people DeSantis thinks composes these nameless “elites”.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      DeSantis might easily be considered part of the elite himself, as a Yale- and Harvard Law School-educated governor of the third-largest state who frequently travels by a state-own executive jet and was criticized during his presidential campaign for relying on private rather than commercial jets.

      But yeah, he’s talking about Davos (DAVOS!!! ZOMG!!!1111) and the global elites, and the dog whistle is not all that much of a dog whistle, really…