Over 50 billion farm animals are being raised for human food right now, mostly in bad conditions. Showing any concern at all about the vast scope of this suffering provokes many twitter trolls to call one a 'soyboy'. Ah, life's rich diversity of ethical principles.
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It feels a bit like a false dichotomy though. A harm free alternative is implied. But anyone who’s really thought it thru realizes that plant agriculture also causes immense harm to animals. Not sure exactly how things balance out, but that dimension should not be glossed over.
Yep, I know. It's important to be evidence-based and quantitative about all of these issues, and almost nobody does that.
