• sour@feddit.de
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    I get the theoretical point, but I highly doubt that if one person goes vegan, it will cause the meat industry to produce 100 less cows. It will just create slightly more waste.

    Don’t get me wrong, more people absolutely should go vegan, I just never liked the view of “you single person can change something”, because that’s just false. It should be marketed more as being part of a bigger group that can create change.

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      1 year ago

      Do you also not vote, because one single vote doesn’t change the outcome?

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        1 year ago

        Well, you did not get my point at all… Please read it again. Even with voting, saying “I changed the election with my vote” is bullshit. But voting and veganism are important, precisely because it is a group. But targeting individuals is just useless. Because your relative won’t change the world. Many relatives may, but the point is that one single person won’t change shit with a behavioral change.

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      1 year ago

      This is rationalization. You are experiencing cognitive dissonance and trying to rationalize a narrative that relieves it.