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I've never understood that argument. Vegans trying to eat the same meals as omnivores via substitutes can get expensive, but the diet at its core is almost all the cheapest foods.
I've only ever meant it to mean vegan alternatives are expensive. Vegan food is absolutely affordable. I'm just a picky bastard who likes hamburgers too much to give them up. I really want lab-grown meat to advance to the point that I can finally have a guilt-free burger and fries.
It... depends. Currently, a kg of bell peppers is about 7€/kg in my local supermarket (Germany). Chicken wings of the cheapest kind are 4€/kg. There is a lot of obscenely cheap meat out there and meat fills you up fast. You can get 10 eggs for under 3€. Eating ten eggs at once is difficult, but a kg of sauteed bell peppers is hardly enough of a side dish for two. So... It depends. Of course you'd eat macaroni, rice, potatoes etc to fill you up, but the bell pepper (and other veggies) vs meat thing always annoys me. Tofu per kg is also more expensive than most meats.
I disagree. The local salad shop charges $16 for a salad, I can get a burrito from the place right behind it that will be the same size/quality for $11, 14 if I want chips/queso with it.
If you wish to understand it, it's more complex than just the foods. It involves cooking times, convience locations, etc, etc. Humans suck at communicating these auxiliary pressures when discussing their decisions, but I know there's times in my life where I just could not be bothered to cook after a 14 hour workday and any vegan/vegetarian alternatives that were "what I wanted" (IE something to make me happy/comfortable that I didn't have to cook or wait long for) were shockingly expensive even being $2-5 more on average than the meat counterparts at the restaurants nearby despite the reduced ingredient cost.