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The memes of the climate

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The climate of the memes of the climate!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Vegans should stop trying to guilt others into veganism and start lobbying to end meat subsidies (or reapply them to vegan food).

The reason people hate vegans is because many of them do it for personal moral superiority, not to actually help anything.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We've already come a long way on price, thankfully. When I go to local supermarkets or discounters (Lidl, Kaufland, Aldi, Penny,...), the store brand meat alternatives are already as cheap as their factory farmed products. Same for the milk alternatives, soy yoghurts, and so on. So price parity has already been reached in many cases, at least here in Germany.

I guess now the issue is that many of the discounter alternatives don't taste the same as meat yet (although they're getting better), and the premium plant-based products taste great, but are still more expensive than the cheapest meat products.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

That's a good point actually. If meat and animal products weren't ridiculously subsidized and the price at the cashier reflected the true cost then there would be an overnight surge in veganism. Nobody would have the political will to completely tank massive well lobbied industries though, regardless of any long term benefit.