Childhood indoctrination

[thesummerqueen]

Look, I have nothing against most vegans, like I said. That is your personal choice. I DO have a problem with vegans who think we need to end all animal killing without having actual scientific data on their side. And I especially have a problem with those who think people should do it regardless of their monetary, health or political situation.

While I enjoy visions of the future with vertical garden centers feeding the local populace with unseasonal or non-local foods, and local and seasonal foods being grown...well, locally... and everyone having enough to eat, the fact is that we live in a world which is still very much driven by scientific illiteracy and greed. Much of the world depends on heavily ag'd crops and animals, either as food or to sell for money to buy food. Unless you have a very specific system ready to go in which you IMMEDIATELY replace all current sources of money and food with something better, and have the FULL AND UTTER cooperation of all leaders involved, you will have to settle for very gradual - VERY GRADUAL - change...if it happens at all.

No African warlords give a fuck about veganism for their people. No Amazonian clear-cutters care about soybeans over cattle. No hungry squatters in North Carolina mountains give a shit about making falafel instead of buying the pork or shooting the animals that might feed them in the winter. No one cares where their food comes from or how it was prepared when they are hungry.

Now, could the entire population be vegan at some point? Not on our current farming practices. I'm sure Rhythm and I could bat around some ideas that would require a mix of tech, gmo's and architecture, but those would never happen in our lifetimes.

I'm not saying this is a reason for you to eat meat. Don't eat it if you don't want to. But don't call it "indoctrination" either.