Thank goodness for these "animal lovers" that are okay with killing and eating more than 10 land animals per year + god knows how many sea creatures. But hey, they bought some incestuous pure breed dog from a breeder for thousands of euros so they can pretend they care.
GDP is not a good indicator for quality of life for a bunch of different factors. You need to get your theory right before you try to look for high numbers
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD?locations=FR
That part was from the original Times article that the author is criticizing. It's hard to get, because the author doesn't understand how to use quotes properly. But the fact that a liberal can even read and write is already an achievement, so let's not ask too much.
"Socialist economies also banned independent trade unions and, often, resorted to slave labour."
The author's inability to understand socialism is baffling. By the very definition of socialism, states that do this are not socialist. He is basically picking at capitalist economies that call themselves socialist for populist acceptance.
Vegan diets have been confirmed to be as good as omnivore diets, even better in some aspects, multiple and multiple times by research, so this point is moot.
We are not attacking you, though your defensiveness speaks volumes. We simply want a better world where billions of animals aren't tortured and killed every year for a diet that is unnecessary, for the profit of shady corporations and that is contributing to our unsustainable lifestyle.
Of course not. Most people are happy to accept that humans are intellectually superior to animals but conveniently ignore that extra intellectual ability when it comes to applying empathy towards them.
Cats and dogs have no metacognition. They can barely recognize themselves in the mirror. We do. We have the ability to think about our actions, assign them moral value and better ourselves. That ability is completely wasted if you hold yourself to the same standard as a dog or cat. Is it ok to sniff random people's buttholes because dogs do it? To eat your own children because some wild animals do it?
So in German the phrase would go like "You prove, that I can't fly" so I'm guessing the author omitted 'that' for brevity
/end over analysis
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