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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not sure why he believes citing that graph is some great counterpoint. Less demand does factually translate to less supply and therefore less suffering. The problem is that populations still continue to grow and the number of vegetarians/vegans is neglible to overall growth.

Obviously if every vegan and vegetarian suddenly began eating meat again, then that graph would only increase in rate of change.

Change the minds of more people, and watch that change the rate of supply of course.

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Obviously if every vegan and vegetarian suddenly began eating meat again, then that graph would only increase in rate of change.

how? how can you know whether a farm can even expand to accommodate more production?

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Less demand does factually translate to less supply and therefore less suffering.

this is not causal

[-] Thrift3499@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Just double checked the definition of causal here and I'm pretty sure it is. As the demand for a product falls, less is produced.

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago

that's not always true. sometimes demand falls and production continues.

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

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 11 months ago

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 11 months 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.

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

As the demand falls less is produced.

that's not causal

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