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Veganism is not a solution to climate change. First anything that requires everybody to agree on one solution is always going to be a non-starter. But also veganism just doesn’t work for everybody, like myself, I became so malnourished that I nearly died. It’s simply not possible for everybody to be vegan and still get all of the nutrients they need. Especially in this economy.
"in this economy" veganism is cheaper than vegetarianism is cheaper than omnivorism
If you became malnourished you weren't eating vegan, you were eating junk food.
But to actually address your point, we don't need everyone to be vegan, or for those that do to be vegan consistently. Even cutting consumption of animal products by a third would have a huge impact.
my dude, meat is already just a seasoning in my meals unless we're doing BBQ. let people pick their own diets. they might have specific reasons that the one you've decided is best doesn't work. i end up in the hospital rather frequently if i try to eat vegan. it really did not go well and the solutions we could think up to keep me out of the hospital were to either take out the foods with nutrients (because of course those were the ones putting me in the hospital) or to add in cheeses, eggs, and meats. i've always kind of had these two bucket list goals: first, to eat one of everything and rise to the top of the food chain, and second, to stay out of the hospital. so like, veganism really didn't seem morally compatible with those life goals and i instead eat a lot of delicious delicious gyro and empanada (from the empanada bear)
Right you know everything about my life and what my nutritionist and I talked about at the time. Yeah… I fucking hate responses like this.
For the record I became malnourished because it was impossible to afford the number of calories I needed without meat or dairy. And even though that was some years ago I can pretty much guarantee you that that’s still going to be the case in small towns like the one I was in at the time. Veganism is only cheaper than anything else if you don’t need 4000 calories a day to stay alive and have options that aren’t Walmart to shop at.
... Because meat and dairy are massively subsidized. If we wanted veganism to be a part of mitigating the climate crisis then it would obviously involve changes in economic policy.
So, to clarify, veganism was a separate example of things that cause a strong emotional reaction.
Second of all, I don't really believe you but I don't especially care.