I think it’s not that complicated. There is this quote from Jeremy Bentham:
The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
Which they obviously can, right? Watch the videos.
Now let’s not focus on them but on us, that’s easier: We are at a point in history where we (you and me) don’t need to kill animals anymore to survive. It is even harming us, clocking our arteries, destroying ecosystems. We live in a society where you can go buy plant-based alternatives that are cheaper and healthier, processed stuff like schnitzel and sausages, but also notorious superfoods like lentils and tofu. Happy Eat your Beans-day, by the way.
So we could solve like a quarter of the climate catastrophe, save millions on health care (I’m European) and human lifes by ditching saturated fat, slow down or even prevent further antibiotic resistance and free billions of sentient beings from short miserable lifes. But most of us choose not to, because they’re accustomed to a taste.
I think it’s not that complicated. There is this quote from Jeremy Bentham:
Which they obviously can, right? Watch the videos.
Now let’s not focus on them but on us, that’s easier: We are at a point in history where we (you and me) don’t need to kill animals anymore to survive. It is even harming us, clocking our arteries, destroying ecosystems. We live in a society where you can go buy plant-based alternatives that are cheaper and healthier, processed stuff like schnitzel and sausages, but also notorious superfoods like lentils and tofu. Happy Eat your Beans-day, by the way.
So we could solve like a quarter of the climate catastrophe, save millions on health care (I’m European) and human lifes by ditching saturated fat, slow down or even prevent further antibiotic resistance and free billions of sentient beings from short miserable lifes. But most of us choose not to, because they’re accustomed to a taste.