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• forkDestroyer@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Based on our growth as a species/taking over ecosystems, if certain animal populations in the wild aren’t culled (have a certain number of their population killed), it will be bad for the local ecosystem.

  There are arguments that allowing animals to do this, instead of humans, will not always guarantee the impact we want, either.

  (Fun wolves in Yellowstone video in case you like video essays and want to go off on this tangent: youtu.be/Y9sQdMrEX2g )

  Personally: I don’t hunt and I rarely buy meat, but I still eat it from time to time and am upset when it goes to waste. I don’t like the idea of a factory farm, but “here we are.”

  Final thought: the best way to decrease meat consumption is to make the alternatives easy to prepare and alluring to more of the population.

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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Final thought: the best way to decrease meat consumption is to make the alternatives easy to prepare and alluring to more of the population.

    I learned long ago that ethics won’t win out. It comes down to cost and convenience. Alternatives need to be cheap and easy.

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    • forkDestroyer@infosec.pub ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Alternatives need to be cheap and easy.

      I agree. We’ve created quite the fast paced and frantic society. A cheap an easy alternative could shift our consumption if we scale it properly. I’d argue it should be a primary focus of anyone passionately against factory farming. We can worry about moral messages as an aside: busy, poor, and hungry families will respond better to successfully launched vegetarian and vegan fast food options at existing establishments. We’re not culturally there yet.

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  • Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Based on our growth as a species/taking over ecosystems, if certain animal populations in the wild aren’t culled (have a certain number of their population killed), it will be bad for the local ecosystem.

    This isn’t relevant to farmed animals. Farmed animals can’t overpopulate because we are the ones controlling their population.

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    • forkDestroyer@infosec.pub ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This isn’t relevant to farmed animals.

      I agree. If we could replace that system with something healthier for the planet, and our species, we would stand to benefit.

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      • Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If we could replace that system with something healthier for the planet, and our species, we would stand to benefit.

        So you agree we should replace animal agriculture with plant based agriculture?

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