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Many poor people already have a mostly plant-based diet because it's cheaper. All you really need is rice, beans, and veggies
And therefore all those poor people are not the people you're trying to convert to a plant-based diet.
No, my point was that the amount of people to convince is low
I'm not sure that's true.
This article implies an awful lot of people are meat eaters, globally.