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It is tho?..
Animal products are incredibly harmful to the climate and are inherently wasteful.
Those corporations get their money from people like you.
Yes regulation would be the best to stop them but you know that's not gonna happen any time soon, especially when everyone refuses to change their own habits, politicians aren't gonna force through regulations that get people angry because they want their steaks.
Why do you want to continue to participate in something bad until it's legally not allowed anymore?
Why not do what you can (stop consuming animal products) while also advocating for regulation and political change?
What does holding evil corporations accountable look like if not refusing to give them your money?
A bad thing giving you pleasure(tasting good in this case) doesn't make it okay to do the bad thing.
It requires a shit ton of plants to feed animals for animal products, way more than using plants directly, nothing sustainable about that when we can just use plants directly instead.
What do you think sustainable farming of animal products looks like?
You are not on my side if you support needlessly killing animals for profit/taste.
You're not doing your part if you willfully support super damaging industries that have readily available alternatives because "tastes good".
Also can you explain why you only have this reaction to my comment and not the parent comment which is the same but about conservatism? Is that just as bad? annoying people who might be on our side.
What does taking aim at corporations look like if not refusing to give them our money while advocating for regulation?
The reason these corporations do bad things is to earn money, they get that money from individuals.
If people who think these corporations are doing bad things stop supporting it then suddenly the corporations have less money.
Why not be on the right side of history?
Why do you want to be forced into not doing bad things instead of just changing on your own?
This singular line always sets off mental alarm bells, for me. From movies to historical speeches, I associate it with deception or extreme evangelism. I'm certainly not claiming you are doing either but did it feel it socially prudent to bring up.
I can see that.
I think it's fair to call fighting climate change and animal cruelty "the right side" tho :)