In my observation, a big part of social progress is each generation pointing out the hypocrisy of the previous. “All men are created equal” so how can you enslave black people? If men can vote, why can’t women? How come straight people can marry but gay people can’t? How is it fair to send an 18 year old to war but not let him vote?
A lot of these hypocrisies were so internalized that a lot of people of previous generations never even thought about them. It was like a mental blind spot. It took young people with fresh thinking to point them out and fight to fix them.
So, speaking as a Millenial, I’m asking what my generation’s blind spots are. What injustices are we perpetuating without even thinking much about it?
For reference, Millenials are currently in their late 20s to early 40s. Not running the world, but also not fresh eyed college grads.
They’re not even expensive. If you cook at home, a vegetable-based diet is a fraction of the cost of a meat-based one.
I was vegan by choice for over a year, then went back to vegetarianism; and then nearly vegan for many more years because I was too broke to afford animal products (though also too broke to refuse them if they were free).
Now I’m well-off, and I still keep my grocery budget low by avoiding animal products, especially meat.
Highly dependent on where you live. In some places, vegetables are more expensive than meat.
Where? Alaska? I grew up in South Dakota –dairy and ranching country– and veggie, legumes, grains were way less expensive than meat, even in winter.
Food deserts. Some places I grew up in, it was difficult to find fresh veggies at all, much less affordable ones. Even canned and frozen was about the same as meat.