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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is probably a hot take but I have the opinion that nature isn't any more merciful than we are. Existence is suffering and every animal ends up as feed for another.

Is it better to be raised in horrid conditions in a farm, or to spend every moment of your life scavenging for food, running for your life, while probably infested with parasites just to be torn to pieces, alive, by a wolf or other predator?

Humans at least have the decency to sedate or knock unconscious our food. Wild animals have to experience being eaten alive.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

This is pure bullshit. Pigs, cows, chickens all if left to their devices form societies, display complex emotions, and have just as unique of personalities as humans do.

Humans don't even permit most of those animals to live past "teenage" years. Its not decent treatment, I recommend the documentary Pignorant if you want to see first hand what a gas chamber is like.

[–] Rob@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is a false equivalence; the answer is “neither”.

Veganism doesn’t seek to end all animal suffering, but not to exploit animals for humans’ sake. We don’t need animal products to survive, so we shouldn’t add to whatever misery already exists naturally.

In the case of livestock, we should just stop breeding them. No vegan is arguing for dumping all cattle in the savannah to be hunted by lions.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world -2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

False equivalence is the anthropomorphism, animal farming misinformation agendas and generalisations being thrown like it has meaning...

[–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 6 points 23 hours ago

"But I rationalize it so well!"