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I don't know about y'all, but if I grew up in a country that never has the news criticizing its leaders, I'd be very skepical and deduce that there is censorshop going on and the offical news could be exaggerated or entirely falsified. Do people in authoritarian countries actually just eat the propaganda? To what extent do they believe the propaganda?

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Do you believe in religion? Do you believe in any home remedies? Do you eat the same foods you grew up with?

It's a very rare person that questions literally everything and logically analyzes why they think what they think.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

eat the same foods as you grew up with

That's unfair. Food has a subjective component, so naturally most people who enjoyed their childhoods will rate the foods of their youth higher than others might.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 57 minutes ago

I more meant the choice to be an omnivore or vegetarian or vegan or carnivore. Most people don't question why they do what they do.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

As someone who has always done this, this has been a very hard lesson to learn. It doesn't make sense to me how you can go through life and NOT do that. Like.... Fuck dude... I just feel like everyone is so fucking DUMB. Like I don't want to be narcissistic and shit but Jesus people .... Maybe try a little??!?!

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Questioning beliefs takes a lot of time and courage. Very few people do it.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz -1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

What does eating the same foods you grew up with have to do with it?

i try all new things even bugs, but some foods I grew up with are delicious

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Did you choose to eat meat? What's your logic? Which animals? Would you eat dog?

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Did you choose to eat meat?

Yes.

What’s your logic?

There is none, I wholly accept that it is entirely illogical and unethical. I am addicted to the flavor. If I could have the flavors and textures without the killing i would switch in a heartbeat, however.

Which animals?

Any so long as it is delicious. Even human as long as the human wanted it and was not killed for the meat.

Would you eat dog?

Yes. It's no different than pig in my eyes.

These questions probably don't work on me because I was raised in a vegan/vegetarian restaurant as a child.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They work perfectly actually. You have a proper grasp of your situation. I do question your moral choice of putting flavor above killing, but you get the concept and have put the thought in.

That was my original point. The VAST majority of people never question their diet. You did. That's rare.

My own choice to be vegetarian has it's own moral issues, but my thought is that: if I have to sit in a box 10 hours and a day work to survive in capitalism, I won't expect less from farm animals.

I do question your moral choice of putting flavor above killing

To be clear, I do not. What I'm doing is morally wrong, in fact, it's morally terrible, but I do it anyway.

That is fantastic. I'm glad you like them.

The difference here, presumably, is that you've thought about what you eat and continue to do so knowing full well what that means, whatever it means. But~ not everybody thinks about it. Some people are carried forward through life just by the sheer momentum of their childhood.

And I say some people, but really, everybody is in some way or another. It takes active effort to change your course in life.

For example, no idea what your diet is like: if you eat a lot of junk food, do you know how much sugar you're consuming? Have you ever thought about whether that's a good thing?