The lengths people will go to in order to avoid eating a plant based diet are insane.
There’s nothing wrong with eating bugs; its normal in certain parts of the world and its a good source of protein.
Problem: farming animals is inefficienct, cruel, expensive, and destroying the earth which gives us life life
Solution 1: learn to cook dhal
eww no veggies, I am 12 and refuse to eat them
solution 2: convince the arrogant fussy and cruel hedonist that rejected 1 to eat crickets?
solution 3: keep all of the horror of farming but make it marginally more efficient?
Mmm yay, pigs screaming in terror while they die in gas chambers makes me hungries.
I have found that practical solutions are rarely all or nothing, personally.
Are you against eating meat from a consequentialist perspective, or a deontological one? In my opinion, less meat eaten is better - better for the environment, and less money going into cruel practices around slaughtering animals, etc - even if the reasons for it are varied and not strictly from a standard of moral duty.
It doesn’t have to be cruel. I grew up on a sustainable farm. I agree with you however, it’s the culture that has decided meat or nothing and that’s why it’s cruel.
Bugs are delicious. I don’t understand why some people think that eating bugs is a bad thing.
Bugs probably feel pain given they modify their behaviour after injuries and seek to avoid them.
In 2021, the E.U. approved feeding insect protein to chickens
Free range chickens have always eaten insects. They eat any insect or seed or small animal they find in the soil.
This is actually a good development. Bug is protein rich and is much easier to grow than mammals.
According to one estimate, Europe’s farm animals have a bigger carbon footprint than its cars.
According to another estimate, leisure cruise ships had a 10x bigger footprint than all Europe’s cars…
But still, it’s great news to reduce farm animal carbon footprint. Not sure whether feeding larvae to piglets will achieve that though (they provide “stimulation”? ugh…), there seem to be better —direct— uses like insect flour, no need to even chew on them whole, although that’s also an option.
Carnists will do anything to avoid the abundance of nutrient-rich plant-based foods that can already meet the world’s dietary needs.
