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Originally Posted by Spuds
You realize the first 4 minutes is a straw man argument right?
For example, let's extend that concept to all living things. Plants are living. Vegans make a conscious choice to kill more plants for food. You actually kill more complex organisms (and/or their offspring) with a plant-based diet than a meat based diet.
I didn't watch the rest, assuming it was more of the same.
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You should really finish the video because he addresses all arguments against veganism, which should be clear in the video title.
Plants don't have central nervous systems or pain receptors, so killing plants is not the same as killing animals, nor is the process of growing plants torturous like it is for animals.
Your second statement is obviously false. We can eat plants directly, or we can feed animals plants and then eat animals, which is eating plants indirectly. Which is more efficient? Which results in more plants being eaten? Like he said, 70-80% of soy (if I remember correctly) is used to feed livestock. If someone wanted to reduce the consumption of plants in the world then they would be vegan.