I think for me it’s a hybrid of low tolerance mixed with a rationale of logical harm reduction (lantern flys/roaches/even being pro choice as off topic as it may sound-and def not equating them). A goal of mine is to get others to stop consuming animals. Is that even possible with hunting/planting?
Somehow you gave me even more to chew on. Agreed that hunting/growing is not sustainable for a global population. Nor for urban dwellers (I mean, it's possible, but much harder). We should continue advocating for widespread adoption of PBD as a baseline, while debating tweaks around the margins.
I think the thing is it isn’t easy no matter what. Life will always cause some death. And honestly you’ve done the hardest thing(recognize a flaw within a belief you have). Many vegans wouldn’t consider killing being possibly more compassionate. This is why lab grown meat to me is the silver bullet
I actually don't think it is. I have a hard time believing it will ever gain widespread acceptance. It's already caught up in the political culture wars. Still, I hope I'm wrong.
I just try to do harm reduction the best I can, although we all make trade-offs for convenience. Lately, I've been thinking that eating pasture-raised eggs from regenerative farms might be better than eating a plant-based egg alternative. What do you think of that one?
This is honestly one of those situations where I just don’t know enough so won’t pretend to have an opinion. I never really ate eggs when I ate animal products so it’s not something I ever looked into. Sorry.
I will say this about the culture wars: time changes everything. Im not thinking the next 5-10 years. Im thinking beyond that, possibly not in my lifetime. We literally do not have the resources to produce enough meet for 10-11-15 billion people. The moral arc is long but bends towards… or so I hope
Agreed that something *has* to change. That something could be a supervirus that emerges from the permafrost to wipe out a sizeable portion of the world's population...or cultured meat. I'm rooting for the latter.
Ha. Thats great. I dont know man. You seem to be better than most (able to critically think about your actions and not be blindly tied to dogma). At the end of the day don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good so long as the good isn’t the end goal and you’re always trying to improve.