Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
What's a controversial issue on which the average person who disagrees with you has better moral character than the average person who agrees with you?
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Henroxx
@henroxx-1
People who disagree with me on animal rights, like traditional farmers or hunters often show strong moral character through their deep care for nature and tradition. Meanwhile, some who agree with me may do so for shallow reasons. Moral disagreement doesn’t always mean bad character.
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
imo people who hunt for subsistence score much higher on animal rights than people who eat factory farmed food Would *you* rather: (i) live 50% of your natural life, then suddenly drop dead (ii) live a 50%-long life in a tiny cage where you get force fed lots of fat all day, then drop dead in a more horrific way
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Henroxx
@henroxx-1
That’s a powerful frame. Honestly, (i) sounds like mercy compared to (ii). Factory farming disconnects people from the reality of what they're consuming, while subsistence hunters often have a deeper respect for the animal and the process. What we eat shows what we know and what we stand for.
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伊凡
@emyaugustus
“Interesting history moment: When The Jungle was published, consumers abandoned commercial meat en masse out of righteous disgust. They didn’t become vegetarians, though; they turned to their local farmers, who they trusted and knew were raising and killing animals more humanely. In response to this, big meat got the government to pass a bunch of laws making it impossible to sell farm-slaughtered meat. It’s still extremely difficult to this day. We have regulatory capture to thank for the way things are. I’m glad to see things are changing thanks to the growing food freedom movement and distrust in government.” (@reltbracco on Nostr) I think large scale slaughterhouses and the huge ass farms that supply them are horrific, cruel, unhealthy for the workers and the people eating the food. And obviously for the cows and pigs who in better circumstances are social enough to be pets.
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