We’re Saved: Amsterdam Bans Ads For Meat And Fossil Fuels

I’d be more impressed if they actually banned citizens from eating meat in the city, using fossil fueled vehicles, and closing Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Major city bans ads for meat, fossil fuels in sweeping crackdown critics call overreach

Amsterdam has reportedly become the first capital city in the world to ban public ads for meat and fossil fuels — wiping burgers, gas-powered cars, and airline promotions from billboards, tram stops and metro stations.

Since May 1, the Dutch capital and tourist hotspot’s advertising landscape has undergone a dramatic shift. Ads once showcasing chicken nuggets, SUVs, and budget flights have been replaced with promotions for museums and concerts, according to BBC News.

Local politicians say the sweeping move is part of an aggressive climate agenda, with goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut meat consumption in half, the outlet reported.

“The climate crisis is very urgent,” Anneke Veenhoff from the GreenLeft Party said. “I mean, if you want to be leading in climate policies and you rent out your walls to exactly the opposite, then what are you doing?”

If it’s so urgent then why do they have fossil fueled buses and boats? Cars? In fairness, a lot of people ride bikes in Amsterdam, it’s just kind of the thing over there, and it has over 250 miles of bike lanes. Ban everything that uses fossil fuels in the city. Ban meat in the city. If they really care

Supporters, however, are framing the policy as a broader cultural shift — even comparing meat ads to cigarette campaigns of decades past.

“Because if I look now back at like old pictures, you have Johan Cruyff,” Hannah Prins, a paralegal at Advocates for the Future, told the outlet. “The famous Dutch footballer. … He would be in advertisements for tobacco. That used to be normal. He died of lung cancer.”

Prins added, “I don’t think it’s normal to see murdered animals on billboards. So I think it’s very good that that’s going to change.”

It’s an authoritarian cult.