I was so annoyed about the implications of this article I decided to post photos of the delicious nutritious #vegan food I'm preparing for my family for the next few days. It's really not hard. Today Nasi Goreng (or at least my version of it, with organic pea protein pieces, katsup manis, lots of spices and fresh vegetables...
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/115108323164701969
@Ruth_Mottram - "Veganism wasn’t meant to be like other food fads: it was intended to benefit not just the individual but society as a whole. Eating less meat would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and animal suffering. The evidence is clear. But right now we can’t be bothered "
Why the vegans lost https://on.ft.com/4mzHgFz
"One high-profile vegan, crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, is in jail. Another, New York mayor Eric Adams, turned out to like eating at fish restaurants."
Golly, we're meant to take two fantasist assholes as above-the-fold proxies for veganism as a whole, I guess.
@pieist to be fair to Henry Mance, he is a vegan himself, and became one after extensive research for his book about animal agriculture. (Its excellent and I highly recommend it for a well argued and thoughtful position on why be vegan). I suspect he is just sad that what once seemed an unstoppable wave has somehow been derailed...