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{{talk|TODO: add "but what about indiginous people" Indiginous people are less than 5% of the world's population. If they were the only ones eating meat, we wouldn't be in this environmental mess we're in. They Earth can sustain a few hundred million hunter-gatherers, but not 8 billion hunter-gatherers (animals would go extinct left right and center). To feed 8 billion people sustainably, we need plant agriculture. (this point comes up elsewhere as well, so maybe make this its own page?)}} | {{talk|TODO: add "but what about indiginous people" Indiginous people are less than 5% of the world's population. If they were the only ones eating meat, we wouldn't be in this environmental mess we're in. They Earth can sustain a few hundred million hunter-gatherers, but not 8 billion hunter-gatherers (animals would go extinct left right and center). To feed 8 billion people sustainably, we need plant agriculture. (this point comes up elsewhere as well, so maybe make this its own page?)}} | ||
{{talk|TODO: add "but what about lions, tigers, wolves and other carnivores, should they eat meat?"}} | {{talk|TODO: add "but what about lions, tigers, wolves and other carnivores, should they eat meat?"}} | ||
{{talk|TODO: add faq about "no ethical consumption under capitalism": teach the difference between boycotting companies (nearly futile) vs boycotting products (effective and necessary). show why. {{talk|btw, what about boycotting countries? could be relevant to some other pages such as the BDS movement}} }} | |||
At the end of the day, people can survive '''and thrive''' without animal products, and it can be done [[cheap plant-based food|cheaply]] or [[expensive plant-based food|expensively]] or anything in between. | At the end of the day, people can survive '''and thrive''' without animal products, and it can be done [[cheap plant-based food|cheaply]] or [[expensive plant-based food|expensively]] or anything in between. | ||
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Maybe move this whole FAQ section to another page, and just have the following message instead?: | |||
For questions, criticisms, or objections to plant-based diets, check out the [[/FAQ|FAQ]] page. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Alternatives to animal testing]] | * [[Alternatives to animal testing]] | ||