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Bacon tho (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, they are, unless you can make the argument that animal suffering and environmental destruction are good things.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

being vegan doesn't do anything about those

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It reduces demand for meat, lowering production, ergo lowering environmental impact and animal suffering. Simple as.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It reduces demand for meat, lowering production

production increases every year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not as quickly if there were no Vegans. Veganism does lower demand.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

there is not any way to prove such a claim, as you cannot prove a counterfactual.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Are they just wasting money producing food they know isn't in demand? What are you on? You're goofy.