• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    How would we do that without dramatically reducing the amount of meat being produced?

    As for the support, it sounds like you are blaming vegans for factory farmers actions. If they want to do things more humanely they are free to do it.

    Its a waste of time in my opinion, and its hypocritical to be an animal activist who eats animals.

    We can have a conversation about the ethical slaughterhouse in your mind but I guarantee you we will not agree on what is ethical treatment of an animal if thats the case.

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      3 hours ago

      How would we do that without dramatically reducing the amount of meat being produced?

      maybe you can’t, but it seems like you think that would be a good outcome.

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          3 hours ago

          i didn’t say there is anything wrong with it. and if their plan (increased welfare standards) leads to that, i would think you would support it.

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            2 hours ago

            Well, one plan involves convincing western politicians and the companies that pay for them, to self regulate. The other involves personal choice.

            So I guess I chose the easy one.

            Also vegans do participate in animal activism of course. They just won’t argue for better ways to slaughter animals.

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                2 hours ago

                Well, your graph could just as easily support my position as it could go against it.

                I see a line that could be higher if not for the personal choice of a collective of vegans, vegetarians, and generally healthier people.

                You see proof vegans aren’t making a difference. Where’s your proof that the line is unaffected by vegans? Do you have anything else that proves being vegan is an effort in futility?

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                  2 hours ago

                  Well, your graph could just as easily support my position as it could go against it.

                  no, it’ can’t. this is an unscientific claim.

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                  2 hours ago

                  Do you have anything else that proves being vegan is an effort in futility?

                  i’ve never said that. i think if you want to avoid animal products, then doing so is its own reward. but if you want to decrease animal slaughter, it’s ineffective.

                  i suggest that you go where animals are being slaughtered and stop it.

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                    1 hour ago

                    Reducing animal suffering is the goal. And putting myself in prison wouldnt help anything. Also I doubt american prisons would give me a vegan diet anyways.

                    The goal is similar to cigarettes. Regulation came about once the general public became aware of the health risks for even non smokers.

                    Right now its not as well known by the general public how unhealthy diets that are heavy in meat can be.

                    By being vegan, and making it more normal for those I interact with, it shows broadens what people know about it.

                    I’m personally banking that americans are so selfish they will reduce meat consumption purely for health/cosmetic reasons alone, like to avoid heart disease or to lose weight.

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                  2 hours ago

                  I see a line that could be higher if not for the personal choice of a collective of vegans, vegetarians, and generally healthier people.

                  you can’t prove a counterfactual. but it is a fact that vegans exist, and the chart continues to rise.

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                    1 hour ago

                    How many would have to be vegan before youll admit it would affect the supply of meat? 75%? 90%? Is there just a crossover point for you or you think if noone ate meat that graph would still go up?