• Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You have to eat, but you don’t have to eat meat. It’s just as optional as creating art that involves animal abuse. (Not a vegan, just interested in this topic).

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      3 months ago

      Humans need nutrition and vitamins found in meat. Without them they get health issues or die. When lab grown meats are available, real meats become optional.

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        3 months ago

        We need things that can be found in meat. With some effort, you can obtain them from alternative sources.

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          3 months ago

          Yes.

          “with some effort”. Eating food humans are meant to eat in a balanced and healthy manner is already borderline impossible for everyone. Eating only vegetarian is more akin to a full time hobby than what food is to most people: fuel.

          People don’t even give a shit about cars that they drive around and spend insane amount of money on each decade. I just don’t see most people just switching to vegetarianism without a survival need. Plant based foods are just stupid expensive to boot outside of rice and potatoes.

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            3 months ago

            Yeah, it’s harder for sure. But what I’m saying is that not everyone needs to kill to eat-- if you can afford it and have some time to plan meals, it isn’t a “necessary evil”. I’d argue it’s still more moral to kill for food than for entertainment, of course.

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        3 months ago

        No, that’s a myth. There is actually no need for consuming animals. We owe the perpetuation of this myth by the meat industry