• QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Are you suggesting we don’t feed livestock? Real humane letting the cows starve to death…

    Seriously I don’t understand what you’re even getting at here.

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      4 days ago

      Way more humane to let them live in squalor until the day some 14 year old slave labourer cuts their throats amiright?

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      4 days ago

      (Assuming you’re asking with best intent)

      I’m suggesting we stop breeding “livestock” (sentient animals) into existence for a life of torture to then be killed and eaten by humans.

      80% of agricultural land is used for animal agriculture. Rewilding most of that land, making some of it habitable, and the remaining converted to plant agriculture would be a far more eco-friendly solution.

      What I think you’re getting at with

      If we stop caring for the cows, they’ll die.

      (paraphrased)

      Which I agree is unethical; however, real world solutions don’t happen immediately like that. A slow movement builds, and as demand for meat, dairy, eggs, etc. reduces, the supply will reduce over time until only a small portion of farmed animals remain. They should be cared for in a similar way that elephants on Sanctuaries or rescues are cared for.

      • QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        The demand for animal byproducts is not going to reduce, Veganism is simply not as viable or desirable as you think it is.

        • jet@hackertalks.com
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          2 days ago

          Not to mention it’s a bit of fantasy to think you can just magic pastoral land into arable land, we don’t gain more cropland by giving up on animals.