• KⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 months ago

    being vegan is literally about not supporting the meat industry,

    and you can do that, but don’t claim it’s an

    easy and effective way for a single person to make a difference

    because you can see that it has not stopped the growth of the industry and it has not led to a shrinking of the industry.

    • businessfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      3 months ago

      yeah dude vegans make up a pretty small portion of the population, so of course the meat industry hasn’t been just erased like magic. societal changes like this happen at a glacial pace and the idea is that more people become vegan over time and thus demand for those products gradually falls. even if 10% of the population went vegan, demand for those products would fall by 10% and there would be that many less animals killed for it because it would not be profitable.

      to claim that it is ineffective is like claiming that eating healthy makes no difference from eating like shit after doing it for a single day and not seeing amazing results.

      • KⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 months ago

        to claim that it is ineffective is like claiming that eating healthy makes no difference from eating like shit after doing it for a single day and not seeing amazing results.

        markets don’t follow natural law like biology does.

        • businessfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          3 months ago

          i think you need to look up how supply and demand works. i’ve exhausted my “arguing with people on the internet who clearly don’t want their minds changed” time for today, so have a good one.

          • KⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            3 months ago

            i’m intimately aware of the price discovery theory you’ve mentioned, but it does not have any real predictive power, and it makes no claims about how production levels are impacted by markets.

      • KⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 months ago

        if 10% of the population went vegan, demand for those products would fall by 10% and there would be that many less animals killed for it because it would not be profitable.

        i don’t know how you can prove this.