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[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Szewek@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah.

If vegetarianism was adopted by everyone by 2050, the world would have about seven million fewer deaths every year – and veganism would bring that up to eight million.

I guess this counts only health issues caused by meat consumption. And only human deaths ;)

[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

What I mean is of course there will be health benefits, disruptions to established food networks, environmental benefits.... Cool, I feel a High schooler could have come up with a similar article, especially with the thumb sucked scenarios it feels like.

Where is the juicy bits, like let's take cigarettes, could have written a similar article. Just now the end of cigarettes is in the horizon, maybe not fully but clearly in a terminal death spiral.

What alternatives are proposed and is the global supply chain able to change. Will we achieve meat free through taxation, like cigarettes, and what will be the effects not only on the poor, but the cost benefits for the poor through health gains outweigh the extra costs?

They touched cultural and religious meals, but will religions adapt and seize these practices just like slavery, or would there be an unintended radicalisation effect.

Like I said these are just questions I thought of within 5 minutes. I believe the writer of the article could even have prompted ChatGPT for interesting angles. My opinion, which I believe everyone is entitled to, is that the article is shallow and leaves a lot of potential left on the table