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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Nature's metal. We can't change that. However for the first time in history you have the opportunity to not eat the only companions we have in the universe.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That doesn't change how the plant made those cells though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, technically all plants are carnivorous. They all depend on soil which is organic matter made from all sorts of post-living organisms plants, bacteria, insects, and animals alike.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then some plants would still be more carnivorous than others. When I hear someone talking about how clearing land for food kills lots of animal, the typical response I see is that Vegans know this, but try to avoid animal suffering whenever possible because its simply not always possible. I think that line of reasoning could easily be used to say well why eat a fly trap when theres other plants that don't cause as much harm to animals. Imagine if everyone started eating flytraps then they would need to be mass farmed, and mass fed, and I'd imagine they'd look a lot less vegan in that situation.

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