“Contra Bentham’s Bulldog on the Save Our Bacon Act” by GoldenSquash
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Bentham's Bulldog has published a series of pieces on the Save Our Bacon Act, urging people to call and email their senators, donate, and spread the word. Things we agree on Factory farming and gestation crates are immoral Fighting the Save Our Bacon Act is highly important for animal welfare. Disagreements Bentham's Bulldog has made several factual errors in his posts, and did not correct them when I and others pushed back. Error #1: Luna Amendment This is not very important, and the time of importance for it has passed, but Bentham's Bulldog falsely claimed that the Luna Amendment was dead. See this comment, although I won't go into too much detail. Error #2: Pennies Per Animal Bentham's Bulldog claimed "And yet even then, they might be drowned out by ghastly agribusinesses who torture pigs to save literally pennies per animal." The linked tweet, however, says pennies per dollar, not pennies per animal. Here's a quote from the tweet: Confirmed: "cents on the dollar" is all the pork industry saves by using these inhumane gestation crates and farrowing crates. Here are some estimates from frontier AI models, INCLUDING THE TRANSITION COST amortized over 5 years: grok-4.3: 4 [...] --- Outline: (00:20) Things we agree on (00:33) Disagreements (00:43) Error #1: Luna Amendment (01:01) Error #2: Pennies Per Animal (02:01) Error #3: The AMPA PAC (most important) (02:58) My Levels of Confidence (03:32) Conclusion --- First published: July 6th, 2026 Source: --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO .
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