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[–] 11 points 1 month ago

What an incredibly stupid, ans maybe even low-key racist article.

The Somali pirates were always fishermen. Their fishing villages have existed for centuries. Their priacy is a response to modern industrial mega-ships fron foreign countries illegally fishing in Somali waters and depleting the stock of fish. They didn't need to be taught how to fish.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Fix the symptoms vs fixing the problem

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  • [+] -7 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Okay so now instead of threatening to harm humans they are actually killing animals

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (8 children)

    In my opinion, the best way to minimize the killing of animals for food is to improve cultered meat production. In general, all it needs to do is become cheaper to produce/buy than regular meat.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    A vegan diet is up to 30% cheaper today. No need to wait for some hypothetical new alternative to meat. There is already vegan meats. You can always swap to a different alternative whenever it comes out if you want.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    A vegan diet is up to 30% cheaper today

    citation needed

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

    “Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third.” - University of Oxford

    https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    this study only looked at retail costs. it didn't account for anyone who gets free or subsidized animal products, or who raises, hunts, fishes, or traps their own. in other words, it didn't consider any poor people.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    they are not considering cases where you get free products from animal agriculture

    Yes and they also did not consider getting free products from regular agriculture. So let’s say it balances out?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    instead of guessing why don't we just say it's outside the scope of the study, and the study doesn't actually tell us whether being vegan is affordable

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Brother even if you get meat for free the remaining food you buy would still be 30% cheaper if it was vegan according to the study so idk why you think you can just completely disregard that.

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