bacteria, fungus, plants, protozoa, and (arguably) viruses are all alive, too. bed bugs. rattlesnakes. being alive isn’t actually that special, nor a reason, in itself, to refrain from eating or killing that thing.

you shouldn’t treat animals like smartphones, either. you treat different things differently.

they weren’t things. treating them like things is part of what made that wrong.

and treating animals like people is also wrong.

every human being is actually something and not someone

no, and this makes no sense

it’s slavery. no need to soften it

reducing your animal produce intake for the benefit of the environment

has never reduced animal product production.

That’s right, everyone sit on their hands and do nothing

this is a strawman.

if i told you spinning in circles would help the planet, and i presented a study with dubious methodology, would you spend your time and energy spinning til you made yourself sick, or would you look for an actual solution?

this is, once again, poore-nemecek 2018 in new packaging. i wish we could get good science to tell us the best way to help the planet.