• Cowbee [he/they]
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    5 months ago

    Yes, they are, unless you can make the argument that animal suffering and environmental destruction are good things.

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        5 months ago

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

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          5 months ago

          It reduces demand for meat, lowering production

          production increases every year.

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            Not as quickly if there were no Vegans. Veganism does lower demand.

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              5 months ago

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

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                5 months ago

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