• glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    The biggest lie of veganism: plants have feelings too but vegans don’t seem to care, why?

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      1 year ago

      From a utilitarian perspective, if you have to kill something, and meat has to kill plants anyway, if you only kill plants that reduces the net suffering.

      (I’m just being the devil’s advocate here, I am a confirmed bioavailable meat eater/carnivore - but if somebody’s a vegan for a philosophical reasons, I respect their viewpoint deeply)

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        1 year ago

        There is I think a subset of veganism which requires only expendable parts of the plant be harvested - like fruits and seeds. I have no idea whether that’s viable nutritionally and it frankly seems pretty excessive to me.

        Nature is not vegan but our meat industry is so dirty and cruel and environmentally unsustainable that I think humans still have plenty of reasons to boycott it.

        Also I really don’t GAF about our ancient diet. Seriously both sides trying to show the at they’re right because cavemen are like they do. Who gives a shit? Cavemen did a lot of shit we wouldn’t do now.

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        1 year ago

        I can say the same thing to you: cows are too dumb to feel anything, I’m free to eat them.