Conserving resources within the dairy industry, such as consuming the surpluss calves and cattle that are killed, might make sense from an economic standpoint.
But the dairy industry itself isn’t necessary. It matters because instead of supporting it by buying the veal and beef byproducts derived from it, we could simply boycott the whole industry entirely, which would eliminate all of the harms involved in it.
You seem to have made the exact fallacy that I’m describing in my post, as seen in the title.
What do you mean “it didn’t work”? Of course I mean that if we as a society eliminated it, that would prevent all of the harms involved in it. That hasn’t happened yet.
How is that relevant? In the fallacy I’m describing, people assume that the cruel practices involved in dairy farming are necessary while ignoring the fact that dairy farming itself is unnecessary (since it can theoretically be eliminated).
ok…
conserving resources is good…
I don’t see why that matters. we do have a dairy industry. conserving resources within it is just smart.
Conserving resources within the dairy industry, such as consuming the surpluss calves and cattle that are killed, might make sense from an economic standpoint.
But the dairy industry itself isn’t necessary. It matters because instead of supporting it by buying the veal and beef byproducts derived from it, we could simply boycott the whole industry entirely, which would eliminate all of the harms involved in it.
You seem to have made the exact fallacy that I’m describing in my post, as seen in the title.
did you try that? because it didn’t work.
What do you mean “it didn’t work”? Of course I mean that if we as a society eliminated it, that would prevent all of the harms involved in it. That hasn’t happened yet.
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How is that relevant? In the fallacy I’m describing, people assume that the cruel practices involved in dairy farming are necessary while ignoring the fact that dairy farming itself is unnecessary (since it can theoretically be eliminated).
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i’m saying that your bar for necessity is not objective. it’s subjective.
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