Why you should eat meat, even if you hate factory farming

substack.com · 2,931 words · saved by 1 readers

It is probably unhealthy to be vegan. This affects your own well-being and your ability to help others. You can eat meat in a way that substantially reduces the suffering you cause to non-human animals I’ll start with how to do this because I know for me this was the biggest blocker. A friend of mine was trying to convince me that being vegan was hurting me, but I said even if it was true, it didn’t matter. Factory farming is evil and causes far more harm than the potential harm done to me. However, you can eat meat and dramatically reduce the amount of suffering you cause. Here’s my current strategy, but I’m sure there is a lot of room for improvement (and if there is anybody who feels nerdsniped by this, then I’ll consider this post to be a success): Mussels and oysters. They are quite unlikely to be sentient (very few neurons, mostly immobile so less evolutionary reasons to develop things like fear or pain). If they are sentient, farming practices are pretty similar to their evoluti

To start off with, I’ve been vegan/vegetarian for the majority of my life. I think that factory farming has caused more suffering than anything humans have ever done. Yet, according to my best estimates, I think most animal-lovers should eat meat. Here’s why: It is probably unhealthy to be vegan. This affects your own well-being and your ability to help others. You can eat meat in a way that substantially reduces the suffering you cause to non-human animals I’ll start with how to do this because I know for me this was the biggest blocker. A friend of mine was trying to convince me that…

Why you should eat meat, even if you hate factory farming

related reading