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I don't know how to feel but I know I'm laughing (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Can you provide another example please? I'm not sure I follow the bucket analogy.

If I choose not to eat meat it lessens the demand for it (however minutely). On a larger scale with many vegans refusing to eat meat less animals are bred into existence to be slaughtered.

What am I missing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Not sure why he believes citing that graph is some great counterpoint. Less demand does factually translate to less supply and therefore less suffering. The problem is that populations still continue to grow and the number of vegetarians/vegans is neglible to overall growth.

Obviously if every vegan and vegetarian suddenly began eating meat again, then that graph would only increase in rate of change.

Change the minds of more people, and watch that change the rate of supply of course.

[–] commie 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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?

[–] commie 1 points 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.