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.

Look, the idea that meat will be illegal in 50 years is fundamentally naive about human nature and economic reality. Billions of people depend on livestock for protein, jobs, and cultural identity. You're not banning that away with legislation, no matter how many lab-grown alternatives Silicon Valley invents. Even in wealthy Western countries where plant-based options exist, meat consumption remains stubbornly high. People choose it. And in the developing world where protein scarcity is real, telling someone they can't eat chicken or beef isn't morality, it's imperialism dressed up as ethics. The hard truth: no government bans something this integral to human diet and survives politically. It won't happen. What's your response?