Some states are now trying to ban lab-grown meat

That's how it would work in an actual free market - the thing Republicans pretend they support. But...

Months in jail and thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees—those are the consequences Alabamians and Arizonans could soon face for selling cell-cultured meat products that could cut into the profits of ranchers, farmers, and meatpackers in each state.

The point is precisely to prevent anyone being able to compete with lab-grown meat, no matter how cheap it might otherwise be.

Animal products are only cheap because they're heavily subsidized

Sounds great, hope they can do it... But it usually isn't that simple. I work in a different but simular field. Most of these fake meat companies, especially the quality ones, run very low or negative profits until they can massively scale up into international companies. We also lose money despite we are a good amount more expensive than cheap meat.

Lab grown has the same problem, and it isn't that it is soooo expensive, it's that meat is far too cheap. The real cost of meat is massive but is subsidized in most all processes. In addition to many other issues.

These same states also banned the sales of cars unless the carmaker has an authorized dealership in the state. Phew, saved the middlemen.

This is why Tesla has little shops in the mall with a single car in them if you ever wondered.

But that harms the environment! Republicans only fight against things that help.

The entire point of capitalism (for the capitalists) is to be the last person standing, and have the market all to themselves.

To believe otherwise is delusion.

"Competition is for suckers"

~Peter Thiel

I want my beans