Because the focus wouldn’t be on profit just for profit’s sake

what socioeconomic system has existed where increased productivity was viewed as a bad thing?

e.g.:

• pure feudalism would’ve led to economies of scale because it would make the king of the castle wealthier.
• any kind of socialism with a centrally planned economy would’ve led to economies of scale because it enables the government to more easily meet the needs of the people.
• even pure marxist communism probably would’ve led to economies of scale eventually because any communities that worked together on a global scale would’ve been more prosperous for their community members, which is still a goal of the system

The technologies just allowed it

or in other words, their invention led to it, which was the original quote I was responding to

Plus, technologies are not sentient, you can’t blame a technology…

• socio-economic systems aren’t sentient either
• nobody’s “blaming” a technology—there isn’t even really a consensus in this thread on whether economies of scale leading to increased meat consumption is a good or bad thing