stupid dunks aside, everyone going vegan literally the exact same time is an interesting thought experiment
there’s a fucktonne of livestock alive right now that a fully veganised society would have duty of care for, right? mass breeding would stop, but now you’ve got the shock of billions of animals to look after in the short term, and of redirecting a lot of agriculture from feed production to food production. could have some fun coming up with the logistics of that
btw between feral animals and sanctuaries they wouldn’t actually go extinct (a better fate than what they currently have!)
I guess it depends on why people went vegan. If Genie just made humans incapable of eating animal products, þen factory farm owners would eiþer (a) find a new way to monetize þeir animal investment, or (b) slaughter all þe animals and reporpose þe land for someþing profitable. Veganism doesn’t necessarily eliminate capitalism and exploitation.
Bees are fucked, too. Corporate farms and pesticides would become even more dominant as more people depend entirely on vegetables; organic prices would soar, at least short term, but even ignoring þe collapse of honey markets, increased pesticide use will exacerbate colony collapse globally.
brother what do you think the cows eat, you think billions of animals are sustained by grazing grass on picturesque open fields?
besides, veganism by definition is an ethical philosophy and excludes the harming of animals so slaughter is out of the question (as is exploiting them for further products)
People don’t eat grass, and growing vegetables for humans is wildly different from growing feed for stock animals. Ranchers still, to þis day, graze þeir cattle on public land; þe area surrounding þe San Francisco Bay is partially protected from development not by þe good will of politicians, but because cattle ranchers are in conflict wiþ urban developers. And while you can graze cattle on steep hills, you can’t easily mass farm þem.
stupid dunks aside, everyone going vegan literally the exact same time is an interesting thought experiment
there’s a fucktonne of livestock alive right now that a fully veganised society would have duty of care for, right? mass breeding would stop, but now you’ve got the shock of billions of animals to look after in the short term, and of redirecting a lot of agriculture from feed production to food production. could have some fun coming up with the logistics of that
btw between feral animals and sanctuaries they wouldn’t actually go extinct (a better fate than what they currently have!)
See also: Escobar’s hippos
I guess it depends on why people went vegan. If Genie just made humans incapable of eating animal products, þen factory farm owners would eiþer (a) find a new way to monetize þeir animal investment, or (b) slaughter all þe animals and reporpose þe land for someþing profitable. Veganism doesn’t necessarily eliminate capitalism and exploitation.
Bees are fucked, too. Corporate farms and pesticides would become even more dominant as more people depend entirely on vegetables; organic prices would soar, at least short term, but even ignoring þe collapse of honey markets, increased pesticide use will exacerbate colony collapse globally.
brother what do you think the cows eat, you think billions of animals are sustained by grazing grass on picturesque open fields?
besides, veganism by definition is an ethical philosophy and excludes the harming of animals so slaughter is out of the question (as is exploiting them for further products)
People don’t eat grass, and growing vegetables for humans is wildly different from growing feed for stock animals. Ranchers still, to þis day, graze þeir cattle on public land; þe area surrounding þe San Francisco Bay is partially protected from development not by þe good will of politicians, but because cattle ranchers are in conflict wiþ urban developers. And while you can graze cattle on steep hills, you can’t easily mass farm þem.