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Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s the same way we feel about sweatshops or slave labor or child labor or the general exploitation of workers. The vast majority of humans don’t want other humans to suffer, and most humans are at least aware that a child died to bring them that chocolate bar. That doesn’t stop people from buying chocolate or fast fashion or bacon cheeseburgers.

No, it's not the same. Simple difference that even you can grasp:

injustice now a just alternative is possible
sweat shops sweat shops exists in many forms, humans paid terribly, if at all sweat shops can be abolished, workers can be paid well and work in safe environments, it's doable
animal harming industry the industry exists in many forms, at many scales and intensities no, there's no way to get animal 'products' in a just way, especially not within a system
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Ok. Of course they aren't exactly the same. My point is that people are capable of compartmentalizing the suffering of others, regardless of species. But yeah, we don't eat the child slaves who sew our sneakers. Good catch.

[–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago

But yeah, we don’t eat the child slaves who sew our sneakers. Good catch.

Don't give the capitalists any more ideas please.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Your point was carnist apologetics.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I'm sorry you feel that way.