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  Bugs are not new, people have been eating them throughout history. 
  Thing is, as an area becomes wealthy, they stop eating them. Nobody's swapping back from a western diet to insects.
  Lobster isn't the same. Lobster may have raised its status, but it was always eaten, and scarcity lent it some status/price increases. Bugs are not generally going to be a scarce supply in the way that seafood can be, and thus cannot ever become a Veblen good in that fashion.
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  I agree with the "can" part of your argument. The "will" part is a whole other story. 
  If something tastes good and is safe to eat, people can most definitely get used to eating it. But good taste alone is not enough for society to get used to eating something. You could argue that almost anything edible can be made to taste good with enough salt, fat, and or sugar. The hurdle for bugs is that there is the cultural factor and psychological disgust factor that most people have on eating bugs.
  If there was some immense catastrophe that made bugs our only food option, bugs would quickly become part of every culture's food. 
  There just isn't enough of a widespread reason for people to eat bugs as opposed to what they're used to eating. Since there's no reason for it, people wont eat it, and thus won't get used to eating them. >
  
  OP is a commie