I felt shame for living in a nation of unprecedented prosperity — a nation that spends a smaller percentage of income on food than any other civilization has in human history — but in the name of affordability treats the animals it eats with cruelty so extreme it would be illegal if inflicted on a dog.
Remember : cutting costs means inching towards unethicality. The author might be talking about animals and how cheap food comes from treating animals really bad. But the same can be applied to humans. Cheap labor means the workers are payed less with unbearable working hours, for example, sweatshops factories or SHEIN factories.
