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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 109 points 6 days ago (173 children)
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 96 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (66 children)

Vegans consume fewer plants than anyone else. It takes a LOT of plants to raise a cow, pig, or chicken. From an economic point of view, meat is a way of refining mountains of cheap, plentiful, safe plant products into a scarce, harmful and addictive luxury product. This comes up a lot, you'd be amazed how many plants rights activists your average vegan runs into.

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