• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    Why do factory farms use outdated slaughter techniques in the first place? Production quantity comes first. They will not reduce their capacity to produce meat just to make the animals lives better.

    Where’s the evidence that your idea is any better than mine anyways?

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      8 days ago

      Where’s the evidence that your idea is any better than mine anyways?

      i didn’t present any other idea. i said you don’t have any evidence your idea holds water.

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        7 days ago

        I can’t predict the future if thats what you mean.

        Theres plenty of evidence that reducing meat production where possible will help everyone. Theres plenty of evidence that at least a mostly plant based diet is better for personal health for most people.

        Less animals suffering is a plus too but you could leave it out and still come to the conclusion that there is something behind plant based and partially plant based diets.

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          7 days ago

          Less animals suffering is a plus too but you could leave it out and still come to the conclusion that there is something behind plant based and partially plant based diets.

          this is a nonsequitur. my guess is you have tried plant based diet, and the amount of animal slaughter has only increased: chart

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            7 days ago

            We’ve had this argument like twice already.

            I never claimed that me being a vegan would end animal suffering.

            If you would admit that the line on your graph would go up quicker if all vegetarians and vegans went back to eating meat, then you have to also admit it would go up slower if more people went vegan, vegetarian, or simply ate 25% less meat than they normally do.

            You must be able to see the math there? Do I need to send you university debate level arguments? I can find them for you if you want.

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              7 days ago

              We’ve had this argument like twice already.

              and you still haven’t seemed to grasp the lack of evidence for your claim.

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              7 days ago

              Do I need to send you university debate level arguments

              i’m not interested in debate. i’m interested in provable claims.

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              7 days ago

              your graph would go up quicker if all vegetarians and vegans went back to eating meat,

              as i can’t prove a counterfactual, i wouldn’t make any such claim. i have no reason to believe that production could increase any faster.

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                7 days ago

                I mean I can’t convince you that demand affects supply if you simply don’t think they are related.

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                  7 days ago

                  i think supply creates its own demand, but i don’t believe there is any causal mechanism by which choosing to buy something causes more of it to be produced, nor that production causes others to purchase it.

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                    7 days ago

                    How can supply create demand while saying production doesnt cause demand in the same paragraph?

                    Do you have some separate definition for supply and production I’m missing?

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              7 days ago

              I never claimed that me being a vegan would end animal suffering.

              you did say it would reduce it, but all the evidence is that is not true.

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                7 days ago

                You think, that I think, me personally being vegan will be the tipping point that causes a down trend in your graph?

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                  7 days ago

                  i’m saying if what you’re claiming is true, then it would follow that the growth of the industry would stop and reverse.

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                    7 days ago

                    There aren’t enough people eating less meat yet? I don’t think a problem of scale makes it futile. You are just assuming it would never grow big enough to affect the line.

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          7 days ago

          Theres plenty of evidence that reducing meat production where possible will help everyone.

          this is a different claim than you made before