Like, I do think in an ideal world everyone would be vegan and all animals would be free not to be our food...
...Buuuttt I've been eating their products for my entire life and they constitute the vast majority of my favorite foods/drinks and foods/drinks I just like in general, and am thus unwilling to give them up even if I know it would be the better thing to do.
I mean, I probably could if I really, really wanted to, but I just don't want to.
yeah you're right. voting with your wallet is stupid and not going to enact systemic change. but that's a separate issue from the ethics of eating meat. I'm not saying this is going to bring systemic change. I agree with you it wouldn't.
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Oh yeah, I think Mexie had a very good discussion with someone a while ago that brought up indigenous practices as a counter to her "meat-always-bad" veganism stance. And she ended up changing her views!