• dismay3915@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Common sense goes a long way. Radicalism is always stupid.

    Just eat meat once a week or month. Eat whatever in moderation.

    Moderation is key.

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      11 days ago

      Who defines “common sense” and “moderation”? Meat eaters?

      If vegans were majority, then you would be, too, called a radical for saying “we should build a slaughterhouse to give people PTSD”

      I am not even vegan, but we can’t trust meat eating majority to write the rules on what’s acceptable amount of meat eating. This is just biased and unfair.

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        10 days ago

        Thats not how world markets work though. 20% of meat eaters turning vegan would compound vegan movement more than 50% less meat consumed. The former grows vegan market explicitly while the latter just maybe shrinks the meat market only. You have consider availability, research and development, service, pop culture and the fact that we massive overconsume food so less consumption does not directly shrink the market in linear fashion.

      • theolodis@feddit.org
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        11 days ago

        I think that’s not true. The easiest would be to ban animal farming, which would cut consumption nearly entirely.

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            10 days ago

            Ah good to know, let’s ignore all laws then, abolish religion and live in Anarchy. Wait that’s actually also fine with me.

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            10 days ago

            The government has the police and the military, there’s no way a guy with a rifle is doing something against an F15.

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              10 days ago

              Yes and and the police and military will absolutely just enforce this ban without question … they are quite famously full of vegans.

              I actually retract my statement. We’d only be fighting vegans, so we probably could knock out the civil war in a couple of days.

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                10 days ago

                You think somebody would actually ban meat farming in the first place? I like how naive you are.

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                  10 days ago

                  Probably not in a democracy, no.

                  I like how naive you are

                  It’s called a hypothetical, dipshit. Also quite rich from someone that seems to fundamentally misunderstand what a civil war is.

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                    9 days ago

                    Tell me about all the civil wars you’ve been part of. Wait even better, name me 3 civil wars without googling or Ai. I really love americans xD

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          10 days ago

          Um you know that historically lack of food lead to cannibalism right? … It’s still a thing today, everyday.

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              10 days ago

              Gimme some of of that listeria, e. coli, salmonella, the parasite thing I had from a salad, etc. There wouldn’t be more food. Diversity is what keeps us alive. You do you, but I don’t think you understand how the world works. And please tell me how rice and beans will keep me alive in -40 degree weather. I guess I should just chug olive oil.

              And yeah, sure it was nice when I had my own garden in Vermont. But now I get to play Russian roulette, except 5/6 chambers have rounds. I hate to shit on you since you have good intentions but it’s a naive take.

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                10 days ago

                You know that the e coli on the salad comes from the excrements of farmed animals that get spread on the fields because otherwise it would be expensive to get it all handled?

                Also I live in the Midwest and I am fine as vegan, even during winter walking outside. And like most people I have a house and a heating anyways.

                I’d actually argue that you’d have more problems cutting out the carbs during winter, than cutting out the meat.

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                  heh there’s the human excrement as well. I mean you do you, if you’re willing to take up that lifestyle than good. I don’t think when it comes to food most of the time. It’s kind of like my buddies that like to hunt deer, they’re all about trophy shots and whatever. Tracking the blood trail. And get pissed when I shot to the back of the head (shutting down all function); no suffering no running away in fear.

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          10 days ago

          “The easiest way is just me fiating this impossible idealistic nonsense in my own head”

          You do you, man.

          • theolodis@feddit.org
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            10 days ago

            Well easier than cutting everybody’s consumption by 50% lmao

            You’d first need to capture the current consumption for everyone, so yes, a ban would be way easier to implement

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              10 days ago

              I agree an authoritarian ban would not be well received, and likely circumvented.

              The 50% cut in consumption could be achieved voluntarily through subsidy, tariffs, education and health arguments.

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          10 days ago

          An incremental step would be making it more expensive through taxes or regulation. A possible improvement rather than sitting on an impossible ideal

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            10 days ago

            I’d take that, but is that going to happen? Doesn’t seem more realistic than a total ban.

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          11 days ago

          Brb, giving up my entire means of livelihood in an environment where I can’t even sell off my assets because they are also banned, all in this job market. Sounds like a good way to quickly block major roadways with tractors, fuck cars should be happy.

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            10 days ago

            I am sure farmers could get free money to compensate, just like they did when trump fucked the soy trade with China. I didn’t hear about tractors on streets when that happened.

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        10 days ago

        And that’s a more reasonable way of thinking. I tried being a vegetarian and a vegan. Not compatible with my body and factoring in supplements, too expensive.

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        10 days ago

        Arguably carnivores have already cut meat intake, at least red meat, to greater impact than vegetarians.

        While I’m going by anecdote rather than data

        • vegetarians/vegans are a small minority so limited impact
        • many people I know have cut back on at least red meat for health or environmental reasons.

        Basically one fewer burger a week by 100 people has more impact than one person not eating meat at all

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      10 days ago

      Radicalism is always stupid. Moderation is key.

      How often do you eat babies?

      Personally, I’m radically against eating babies.

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      11 days ago

      Thank you for sharing my views I only murder once every 7 weeks but my friends say it’s not good.

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        10 days ago

        You’re doing a moderate genocide every time you change your diet or even the ph of your mouth. Those bacteria didn’t consent to die

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        10 days ago

        This approach isnt helping the cause, you can’t conflate that responsibility to everyone. Guilt tripping is a Christian method