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Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes by chadcmulligan on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:40PM (#19241097)
I was pointing out that the people who say we shouldn't eat meat haven't really thought it through. I would guess that this would be an unintended consequence of their actions and I've never heard it said - the only reason these animals exist is because we've bred them for food - if we don't eat them any more then they'll no longer exist.
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Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes by c-cube on Sunday February 24, 2019 @06:36PM (#19241385)
I'm pretty sure the Animal Liberation, considered one of the founding blocks of militant vegetarians and vegans in occident, raised this question in… 1975. I think it would be like horses, you would still find (healthy, relatively happy) chicken, cows, pigs, in the countryside; but in smaller numbers and not tortured by millions in factories. No "unintended consequence" there.
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Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes by chadcmulligan on Sunday February 24, 2019 @06:50PM (#19241460)
ok, I've said this to quite a few people and the result is pretty well what it was here, denial and outrage :-) I don't think its well publicized but happy to be proved otherwise.
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