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When somebody asks why you're a vegan (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

While I get this, maybe it's better to look at it as the individual animals you're saving. Red cross members know there are hundreds of millions of lives they can't save, and the world should change to where these people don't need the help, but they're still saving the life of someone here and now. A cow is maybe "less" than a human life, but you're saving them a lifetime of suffering.

Even just reducing meat to where it's not a huge annoyance can still make a big difference.