I’ve had a certain debate a few times where you might say we argue over the “semantics” of the meat industry.
I am what you would call a vegetarian. While vegetarians won’t eat things that caused harm to produce, a vegan won’t eat anything having to do with an animal. A lot of those who would fall under the latter category hate us because they say anything that remotely resembles someone enjoying an animal product is supporting the meat industry which then kills animals, which means merely eating an animal product makes someone a murderer.
Meanwhile, there’s this concept many call piracy. It’s the idea that, as the meme proverbially puts it, “you can download a car”. The idea here, which I say in the way I do because there’s still an ongoing debate about it, is that it affects nobody. But then there’s the whole industry thing I mentioned. People on the other side of the debate often say “well what about the industry”. I’m not sure where on the scale in this topic you might put me, but I feel like there’s a glaring contradiction here. When it comes to animals, people think of the industry, but otherwise that’s not a factor.
My question is… why?
I am not sure I follow. So you are asking why people think of the meat industry as a whole but not the… piracy industry?
It was a very confusing post, and I don’t know if this is what they’re going for but MAYBE it’s along the lines of
Lots of animals are born in farms --> people stop eating meat --> hurts farming industry --> those animals never come into existence
Lots of content created for industry --> people pirate --> hurts the music/film industry --> that content is never created
That’s the only link I could find between the two ideas. As for what the argument is, I’m not sure
Kind of. People say an action regarding a product is only directly linked to an industry and the prosperity of the owner of a business when they care about the things involved.
That’s entirely wrong. Anyone saying the only actions taken regarding a product are tied to an industry or to make money isn’t considering a large number of industries, charities, or religions. That’s a major capitalistic take to the point of diluting any humanity in the creation of a product.