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Dairy milk is gross. I stopped drinking it nearly 15 years ago. I wasn't vegan or vegetarian at the time. It just tasted awful. I still would eat cheese than, but as a drink, dairy milk is plain awful. It's also terribly inefficient. It's not shelf stable. It has a short lifespan. It requires a lot of water and energy per cup than many others.
Do plant-based milks taste exactly like milk? No. But they don't have to.
And how is it better for us? Considering a majority of the world can't digest it is a big sign as to why plant based is better. Soy isn't the only option. There's almond, pea, banana, cashew and coconut to name a few.
I mean, you have to realize that this is strictly subjective, no? One could just as easily say that oat milk is gross and plain awful. I'd disagree - I think it's great - but "it's icky" is not a useful argument, speaking as someone who mostly buys oat milk nowadays.
So is saying "It's subsidized because it tastes better!" which is the argument people on here are using instead of the real reason which is politics.
I mean take it in context to who I replied to.
Ultra-pasteurized milk has a remarkable shelf life, even when unrefrigerated.
Your argument becomes a non-sequitur when extended to people who are lactose tolerant. The mere existence or ubiquity of lactose intolerance does not entail that milk is bad for the lactose tolerant. Perhaps plant substitutes to cow milk are better for even the lactose tolerant, but lactose intolerance is completely irrelevant to the minority of us such as myself who produce sufficient enzymes to digest lactose without any difficulty whatsoever.
Sorry, didn't realize the world revolves around the extreme minority when discussing what's good for the human race as a whole.
You're right. How could anyone ever make any argument against anecdotal case by case stories. Obviously the entire collected data on human nutrition is useless as a whole because it doesn't apply to small percentages of the population. Oh silly me and not understanding that general concepts aren't important.