• wafflez@lemmy.world
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    Using metrics of population of humans, animals slaughtered, and their products consumption. Regardless it’s better to use a line of caution when causing unnecesary harm rather than habitualizing a series of actions for decades. Billions a year is such a high number most people cannot conceptualize. Trillions if you include fish but they’re mostly caught rather than farmed. Still encourages trawling though

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        2 months ago

        Once again, it’s approximation based. Most of economics is theory. “Prove gravity is real.”

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          2 months ago

          we could set up an experiment to try to disprove gravity. what is the experiment you propose to try to disprove your story?

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            It wouldn’t disprove it lol. To prove or disprove gravity is extremely difficult, that’s why it’s a theory. My experiment would be everyone stops buying animal products though, wanna help with the experiment?

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                Boycotts work. Not everything happens overnight. You can test supply and demand with lower supply items much easier, it’s universal.

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                  You can test supply and demand with lower supply items much easier, it’s universal.

                  ok. so now you’re saying that we would test the price discovery by loweing the supply? maybe. to make that happen we would need to control the entire supply side or we could simply start buying up the available supply. can you show me the curve for price change?

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              people made meat before people had money, so it’s celar that money can’t cause the production of meat.

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                  2 months ago

                  accusing me of trolling doesn’t change the truth of what i said. it should give you pause that my position has remained the same the entire time, while you have continually needed to nuance and make exception to preserve your world view.