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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That second point would require intimate knowledge about which animal parts would be disposed of if they didn't find a buyer.
In reality, everything is used. If there wasn't a market for part of an animal, a use was found and a market created (which is part of the reason why industrially produced white sugar, beer, wine, apple juice, potato chips and bread usually aren't vegan).

Anyway, vegans usually don't care about whether an animal product could be leftover. Their philosophy boils down to "Just fucking leave animals in peace."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Their philosophy boils down to “Just fucking leave animals in peace.”

It's more complicated than that unless you don't understand how many animals die when you clear farmland. Every crop you eat came at a cost to animals, if there's no amount you deem acceptable or unavoidable your only option is to exclusively eat food you grew yourself, and that still alters the environment to be less favorable to animals, you just don't directly kill them like large scale farms do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The acceptable amount = refrain from hurting animals "as much as possible and practicable". That takes care of all the gotchas and the well actuallys.