• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      Yes, they are, unless you can make the argument that animal suffering and environmental destruction are good things.

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        being vegan doesn’t do anything about those

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

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            It reduces demand for meat, lowering production

            production increases every year.

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

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