There’s a short story called Manna about this very concept.

Tldr: America goes with the cheapest possible option that isn’t outright murder, have the robots build a big concentration camp for the poors (ie everyone who didn’t have enough to buy their own robots) and keep them out of sight. Technically it’s a sort of universal social care, just not the kind you’d want.

You’re not wrong, though chicken is at least 10x better than beef, and “only” 10x worse than plants.

Edit: just realised I gave relative carbon costs, not just the feed costs, like you referenced. Apparently from a feed perspective chickens are 2:1. And Beef is 7:1, so yet again beef is the bull in the china shop.

Calpol is a children’s brand of medicine.

It is remembered fondly because it tastes nice and we’re not allowed it after we get too old and we just have to swallow bitter tablets instead. But all British children remember pretending to be sick so they could have a spoonful of joy

But grandpa, how did you earn a sense of pride and accomplishment if you didn’t throw real money to the business men for every little thing you do?!