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minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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-squareThrift3499@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months 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-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago As the demand falls less is produced. that’s not causal
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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.