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alpaca-clouds · 8 months ago
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The Moral Complexity of a Meat Consumption
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I said it before and I will say it again: There definitely is a subsection of the Solarpunk movement, who keeps going on about the future having to be "all vegan". In any Solarpunk space you will find some of this sort. Heck. You will also find folks in anarchist spaces, who will go: "Oh, you are an anarchist and still eat meat? So you do believe in hierarchies! Because you see yourself as higher as an animal!"
These days I am mostly ignoring those people, because I know that you really just cannot win those arguments with them.
Outside of chicken I do not really like meat. I do not like the taste or texture. But if I completely cut it out of my diet, I will get sick. Tried it several times. It did not work out. So, I cut it down to two days a week, which keeps my body in a somewhat sustainable equilibrium.
For me the issue is in how my body metabolizes certain aspects of food. But a lot of chronically ill and disabled people will have to eat meat and cannot cut it out of their diet. Maybe they cannot eat a lot of other proteins due to their allergies. Maybe there is stuff in plants that they cannot metabolize. And maybe they are autistic and literally can only eat like five different things. There are plenty of reasons people might just not get around it.
However... I also look at a lot of folks in the modern world eating cheap meat every single day, and I am shaking my head. Sure, some of them might need to eat meat daily, but let's be honest: Most people actually do not. Most people would be perfectly fine to cut down on the meat and only eat meat once or twice a week.
I personally absolutely do not see anything wrong with killing and eating animals per se. Because that is just how the world works. Some animals kill, other animals are eaten. Humans are just another animal.
What I do find issue with, however, is the industrial meat industry. The thing that makes it possible in the first place for folks to eat meat every day. Big plants where hundreds, if not thousands of animals are being kept, with only ridiculous amounts of antibiotics keeping the animals from getting too sick. With slaughtering plants that process hundreds or thousands of animals each day. That is just... Not how it should go.
I personally... since I cut down the meat in my diet, I can afford to actually just eat the free range animals that got to frolick out on the pasture for their entire life. Because frankly, yeah, it is double the price of the alternative, but... So what? For two times a week it works fine. (Also, frankly, there is less water in the meat and the meat actually has better taste and texture.)
So, you know, for me it would be totally fine if there just was no cheap meat at all and all meat was pasture frolicking animals. But even here it gets complicated of course.
Because... Well, there are poor people, who also need to eat meat for health reasons. And what are they gonna do? After all being poor makes you more likely to be disabled - and hence require stuff like that.
And it is exactly the big issue. And frankly... I honestly do not think there is any proper solution to this under capitalism. Because more than anything... capitalism sucks.
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jhoumous · 2 years ago
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Climate change...
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theonlinevegan · 2 years ago
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great-and-small · 8 months ago
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I can’t tell you how much I love this artwork from ancient Egypt (the Middle Kingdom). People have been raising cattle and practicing animal husbandry for so long, that there is something almost inherently human about this scene.
Everyone in the field of veterinary medicine or agriculture knows the feeling of staying up late with a laboring animal trying to make sure both mom and baby are okay. Delivering a calf is often physically and emotionally exhausting work that takes enormous patience and learned skill. It requires a unique balance of physical strength and gentleness to do correctly. There is no feeling quite like getting that baby out and everyone is okay. I’m certain ancient people must have felt the same way, and I wonder if the artist knew this feeling firsthand. I wonder if those humans depicted were people the artist knew, if the cow and calf maybe were as well.
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whats-this-mustelid · 1 year ago
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I just think that 'animals are living intelligent creatures that have feelings and deserve to be respected' and 'when done properly farming is beneficial to both people and animals and there's nothing wrong with raising and killing animals for food, clothing, and other products' are concepts that very much can and should coexist
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ur-daily-inspiration · 4 months ago
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Cutest baby goat ever? 🐐 By @chevre_toy_miniature
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camelidae · 5 months ago
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One could argue, perhaps, that the only thing better than having a giant, living space-heater is /being/ that giant living space-heater.
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maureen2musings · 3 months ago
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Llangollen, Wales
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sweatermuppet · 2 months ago
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*reasonable restrictions are ones you consider fair for your own safety or wellbeing, especially for things like graphic depictions of violence in relation to your age at the time (i.e. "you can read this when you're older")
not sure if books you read were banned? here is a archive of the top 10 most banned/challenged books from 2001-2022, hosted by the American Library Association
as well as the Wikipedia page for the Most Commonly Challenged Books in the United States
Wikipedia page for Books Banned by the Government, organized by region/country
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ggacworldwide · 8 months ago
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Animal Farming Tips: A Comprehensive Livestock Farming Guide
Introduction:Welcome to our latest guide on animal farming! Whether you’re a seasoned farmer or just starting out, this comprehensive livestock farming guide will provide you with invaluable tips and insights to help you succeed in the world of animal husbandry. From selecting the right breeds to optimizing your farm management practices, we’ve got you covered. Let’s dive in! 1. Choosing the…
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kii-tty · 6 months ago
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justcatposts · 7 months ago
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Cat incubating eggs and raising chicks
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happyheidi · 1 year ago
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𝖱𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖥𝖺𝗋𝗆
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insufferablefirehazard · 9 months ago
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389 · 5 months ago
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vintagehomecollection · 3 months ago
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Country Kitchens, 1991
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