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Petey's avatar

You might be interested in https://medium.com/@harrisonnathan/the-actual-number-is-almost-surely-higher-92c908f36517. I remember Scott Alexander read this and found it credible, so I have not trusted these extremely low numbers since. $23/month just doesn’t pass the sniff test.

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Blake Dozier's avatar

Factory farming exists because it’s the most economical way to produce cheap products and people preferably buy cheaper products if they can get by with it. Period.

It won’t stop unless it becomes illegal, forcefully shifting the economic burden to the consumer, or people stop buying it, voluntarily shifting the economic burden to the consumer.

The only solution for a person in this situation is to buy meat from someone producing it in a way that feels morally palatable and pay the extra cost. If you can’t afford ethically raised animal products or don’t have a source for them, you should be vegan.

Giving a charitable organization money to spread a bit of fire retardant while continuing to stoke the fire with the rest of your money is a terribly ineffective way of promoting change. I do suppose it’ll make you feel better about yourself… as long as you maintain a bit of cognitive dissonance.

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