“Carne” means meat. A carnival is a celebration of meat and consumption thereof. We have evolved to be smarter. We have come to realize meat is a significant cause of climate change and we must acknowledge that we have always turned a blind eye to the needless suffering and detriment to animals.

At some point we must acknowledge the uncivility of obtuse mindless celebration of meat consumption. Some people need meat for various dietary and economic constraints (fair enough) but the shameless promotion of meat remains an embarrassing display of failure of our wisdom to advance. The public sector will take a new direction to show a socially responsible use of public resources.

So, new rule:

There shall be no public events called “carnival” or that which involves more than 50%¹ of food vendors selling meat. There can be events called “veganals” or “carnegone”, where the majority of street food is plant based. ¹The 50% threshold will drop 1½% every year.

The applicable jurisdiction is public property. That is, people can still privately have a private carnival on private property as long as it does not make the slightest use of public resources or public money. E.g.

• public roads cannot be blocked off or used for queing
• public property cannot be used to host the carnival
• medical and fire resources must be privately hired
• cleanup and waste disposal is paid for with private money
• business expenses for meat itself is not tax-dedictible

25 years from now: we revisit the law to review whether we have reached a point where 80% of the meat market does not come from animals (e.g. lab grown), in which case carnivals can be restored to celebrate social and technological advancement.