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Meat Uses 10x More Soy Than Vegan Foods — So Who’s Really Destroying the Rainforest?
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this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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If you want to reclaim space from your drive, will you go thru the biggest files that need deleting? Or would you go thru the small ones? Like an individual is in no way polluting as much or in the same capacity as a corporation. I just don't think blaming (and policing) individuals for their actions is a valid approach to solving the climate crisis.
Companies don't produce things to throw them onto a big pile where they rot. You can't change the production behavior of companies without changing the consumption behavior of the population, because the things they consume have to be produced.
Wouldn't regulating those companies and enforcing those regulations be a more effective process to the end goal of solving the climate crisis?
Like just making all animal products illegal without getting the population on board upfront? Good luck with that. Either such laws would be just ignored or you end up in some kind of revolt.
If more and more people adapt, industry will adapt along. E.g. adding vegan options to menus, producing vegan food for supermarkets, vegan clothes, ... In turn, having so many options makes it easier for more people to become vegan with less compromise. Which again increases the customer base for the industry.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
No I'm talking about using regulating peoples consumptions rather regulations to reduce the emissions of these polluting companies. I'm talking about regulating the oil and gas sectors and redistributing the handouts they get to green energy sources.
I'm kinda done with individual led movement unless there's a coordinated campaign and a plan and singular objective. I'm not shitting on being vegan in anyway. Some of my favorite foods just happen to be vegan. I am already an accidental vegan 95% of the time.
I agree with being the change I wanna see in the world but that's more of a personal development thing I am kinda jaded with that for actualizing the change I want to see tho. I think we need more than just changing ourselves if we want real visible change atm.