• go $fsck yourself@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.

    “Buying meat is unethical because of how the animals are treated” ~ sent from my iPhone made by child slave labor

    I’m not saying veganism is bad. What I am saying is that people who think veganism is a moral high ground are wrong. I also think that veganism is a luxury to be even able to follow.

    Edit after downvotes into the negative and shitty asshole responses:
    Here comes the self-righteous assholes who don’t want to have a discussion and instead throw around blame and shame at me. Congrats. Y’all are the reason people hate vegans which hurts your cause by pushing people away from reducing reliance on meat. Every downvote is proof that self-righteous vegans are assholes.

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      6 months ago

      Sorry, how is it a luxury? Vegetables, grains, and legumes are far cheaper and healthier sources of calories and nutrition than meat, despite the government subsidies. This perception that you should eat McDonalds and rotisserie chicken every day if you don’t have money to buy groceries is so strange to me.

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        6 months ago

        This perception that you should eat McDonalds and rotisserie chicken every day if you don’t have money to buy groceries is so strange to me.

        That’s because no one here brought that up and you’re using a straw man argument.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      It’s pretty ethical to grow and hunt your own food. Hunting even benefits the eco-system and animals haunted since the natural predators that used to keep deer, turkey, elk, and other game animals population in check are no longer prevalent.

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        6 months ago

        Personally, I can agree in some circumstances. However, not everyone agrees with that and that is also fine.

        Just don’t try to shove your morals down my throat.

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          6 months ago

          Lots of people don’t agree, but we have data to support the benefits, and the legislation to ensure it is enforced. Yes, in an ideal world we’d all be vegans, and nature would balance itself. Maybe some day that will be the world we have, but it is not the world we have now.

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          6 months ago

          However, not everyone agrees with that and that is also fine

          It’s even finer because in those situations those people would just die

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      6 months ago

      Also if we’re to speak of cruelty and environment shit why don’t vegans speak of the animals farmers need to kill in order to protect crops? Or the fuel spent by importing vegetables and fruits?

      Now I’m not saying that meat is better since tastes are subjective and animals do get treated badly and raised in bad conditions but some of them live in titanium bubbles