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Kind of backwards to attack big business when that is exactly why everyone thinks we need to be eating so much meat and dairy. The only reason the food pyramid (that gets taught in schools) looks the way it does is because of the industry lobby.
Besides... the "green movement" as it is being attacked here is more of a post-Al Gore thing. More of an energy thing than a food politics thing. Vegetarianism and veganism pre-date it by decades.
The appeal to evolution is sad for someone living in modern society using a computer. We didn't evolve to do a lot of the things we do. Couldn't polygamy be defended by an evolution argument? We have evolved the ability to progress socially, and to me that means finding an alternative to slaughtering billions of animals and destroying our oceans (ever heard of the term "bycatch?" - look it up).
I've done my best to opt out of eating animals and animal products/secretions entirely and been vegan for two and a half years now, and I know it's not for everyone... but suggesting you go a day without meat and seeing all this resistance and defensiveness is bewildering, especially when you can replace it with eggs and cheese.
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