Eating meat will be illegal in 50 years

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Eating meat will be illegal in 50 years". Your opponent's style: Peter Singer

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Your 50-year prediction assumes regulatory willpower beats economic reality. It doesn't. Meat consumption is rising globally, especially in developing nations where it signals prosperity. China's per capita meat intake has tripled in three decades. Even if Western governments wanted prohibition, they'd face insurmountable enforcement costs and consumer backlash. Bans work on niche products. Meat is foundational to global food systems, agriculture jobs, and cultural identity. You're betting on ideology overriding biology, economics, and human preference simultaneously across 195 countries. That's not prediction, it's wishful thinking. What's your actual mechanism for making this happen without causing economic collapse?