• @Vegoon@feddit.de
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    310 months ago

    Going vegan is according to the IPCC the single biggest step a individual can take. This does not take anything away from other actions we can simultaneous pursue. Veganism is growing and has despite being a small percentage of the population the potential for a change.

    • @Sotuanduso@lemm.ee
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      110 months ago

      And it’d probably be a lot more convincing if my experience with vegans outside the past year or so weren’t composed entirely of people pushing it on the basis of “killing animals is wrong.”

      • @Vegoon@feddit.de
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        110 months ago

        Its a multitude of reasons for people to go vegan: The animals, their own health, the probability of not creating a living hell on earth. The reason why vegans try to convince others is often because after a few years most are so disconnected from the killing of others for taste where it is a giant argument. The suffering and abuse of 90 billion sentient land animals per year alone is for most good enough to stop supporting it. I have surrendered that argument for most discussions because it is hard to have that empathy while it is a part in your live. It wasn’t for me, although is was not challenged in that view back then. So now my arguments moved more towards egoism which sometimes works.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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      -610 months ago

      Counterpoint, eating a single billionaire would do more to reduce emissions than lifetime of veganism.