• drolex@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    The idea is that in this case everybody profits. Universal gain ≠ personal gain, even if the campaigners are included.

    In the case of Vince, everybody profits because of the sustainability, BUT he has another very clear personal economic gain and that makes his intentions questionable. It would be more easily accepted if there wasn’t this clear conflict of interests.

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      2 months ago

      Any company can provide meat-free food. There is no reason for schools to change their existing suppliers.

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      2 months ago

      Any claim to discredit someone pushing for healthier and more sustainable meals for the children.

      The meat and diary industries must be protected at all costs. They’re never self serving it must be the vegans /s

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        2 months ago

        Oh FFS you’re really going out of your way to misunderstand the issue here. Nobody is claiming that the meat industry is good. People are just voicing concerns because a rich guy is doing what a rich guy usually does: defending his own interests above the common good. It might go in the same direction for a while, sure.

        • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOP
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          2 months ago

          What do you mean for he’s not doing it for the common good because it doesn’t show anywhere where he is “telling anyone to use his business only.”

          The vegans have always “have an agenda but never the multi-billion animal agriculture” that is made of factory farms where billions of animals are exploited and slaughtered for nothing in horrid conditions where they’re crammed together in filthy dark rooms in massive structures increasing the likelihood of pandemics and antibiotic resistance many times over. Now that is truly selfish.

          Even the vegans who do not own a business are often excused of being “self-serving” when advocating for more people to be ethical sustainable and healthier.

          It’s like marginalized groups being called “selfish” for when they’re advocating for equal treatment in society.