Me when a carnist says, "I only get my animal products from local, free range, humane, organic farms!" (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Angel@hexbear.net to c/vegan@hexbear.net

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Considering how many of them say this, it's statistically implausible due to how rare these kinds of farms actually are.

Big-ass, industrialized factory farms need to exist in order to accommodate the demand that there is for so many people to consume flesh and secretions.

Ultimately, in addition, even if it were true, engaging in "humane animal slavery" still does not justify it.

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[-] jack@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Pre-vegetarian, this was the first thing I tried. After a few months it became obvious that it was extremely impractical and not in any way scalable, and the only solution was to cut out meat entirely (veganism was another year or two down the line after that).

[-] Praxinoscope@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago

And, following this line of thinking to is natural conclusion, if everyone did this, we'd just arrive back at factory farming.

Also, I'm sure those people eat out at restaurants and probably get fast food without investigating where the meat comes from.

[-] roux@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Imagine some dork holding up the McSlop drive thru line because they wanna make sure the shitty burger patties were from ethically murdered cows just to make themselves feel like they are making some kind of difference.

[-] Barx@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Free-range is a marketing term. It makes people think the chickens get to run around in a field, hang in a coop, whatever. In reality, they are kept in very crowded conditions that often lead to violence between the chickens. And there is of course no such thing as humane ranching, let alone in a factory setting.

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