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commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoYou pay the store for the milk, the store pays the wholesaler and the wholesaler pays the farmer who is committing “animal abuse/ rape”.
but I’m not paying the store to pay the farmer. I’m paying for a product.
further, artificial insemination is a veterinary procedure. it is not rape.
Dashi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Buying the product increases the demand for the product making the store want to provide the product so they purchase it from the farmer. If nobody bought cow milk from the store then the store wouldn’t buy from the farmer and then the cows wouldn’t be milked.
And I believe the “rape of animals” vegans refer to is taking their milk without consent. I’m not an expert on either side of the argument so I may be wrong.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah they’re referring to the insemination of the cows. Gotta keep getting the cow pregnant and take away it’s babies to get milk. That’s a basic factor of dairy farming you can’t get away from no matter how you try.
Dashi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thanks for taking the time to explain that for me!
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
milking isn’t rape, either.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I stopped consuming animal products for three years waiting for this utopia everyone parrots but every time I went to the grocery store the shelves were stocked exactly as they were before I stopped before waking up and realizing it was a pointless escapade of dealing with a situation akin to burying your head in the sand about global warming because you ‘recycle’.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
the. store makes their own decisions. I don’t decide for them
Dashi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes you do. But you are either being dense or a troll. Have a good day
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
calling me names doesn’t change the fact that I’m right
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
no one at the store has free will, but I do?