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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is that populations still continue to grow and the number of vegetarians/vegans is neglible to overall growth.

any excuse you make doesn't change whether more animals were killed this year than last, regardless of how many vegans there are.

[–] Thrift3499@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think I agree with this, as less people buy meat the demand for it falls. As the demand falls less is produced. Kind of a simple take I guess but I don't think your comment makes sense.

Is there an angle to this that I've missed?

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

As the demand falls less is produced.

that's not causal

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

as less people buy meat the demand for it falls.

as far as i can tell, that's never happened. so, in practice, being vegan has never caused a reduction in suffering.