Stamets [Mirror] to Funny: Home of the [email protected] • 2 years agoI don't know how to feel but I know I'm laughingstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square318fedilinkarrow-up1652
arrow-up1652imageI don't know how to feel but I know I'm laughingstartrek.websiteStamets [Mirror] to Funny: Home of the [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square318fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years ago The problem is that populations still continue to grow and the number of vegetarians/vegans is neglible to overall growth. any excuse you make doesn’t change whether more animals were killed this year than last, regardless of how many vegans there are.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoI don’t think I agree with this, as less people buy meat the demand for it falls. As the demand falls less is produced. Kind of a simple take I guess but I don’t think your comment makes sense. Is there an angle to this that I’ve missed?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years ago As the demand falls less is produced. that’s not causal
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years ago as less people buy meat the demand for it falls. as far as i can tell, that’s never happened. so, in practice, being vegan has never caused a reduction in suffering.
any excuse you make doesn’t change whether more animals were killed this year than last, regardless of how many vegans there are.
I don’t think I agree with this, as less people buy meat the demand for it falls. As the demand falls less is produced. Kind of a simple take I guess but I don’t think your comment makes sense.
Is there an angle to this that I’ve missed?
that’s not causal
as far as i can tell, that’s never happened. so, in practice, being vegan has never caused a reduction in suffering.