• Haggunenons@lemmy.worldOPM
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    8 months ago

    Furthermore, animals eat way more plants than the calories people get from eating animals. So, even if we hypothetically pretend like we know that plants suffer, it is still much more net suffering than if we just eat the plants directly.

    In my opinion, so much worse than an early death is the life of suffering that is generally imposed on animals in the farming industry. So, really, it isn’t just the pain of dying for the tasty 30-minute happy meal, it is a life of horrific suffering. Quite frankly, there are now alternatives that are every bit as delicious that don’t come along with a meter-long list of drugs specifically designed to increase the profits of the billionaires that trick average people into munching on their hot dogs.