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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

it appears that the plan of creating government regulation is effective at stopping production, and no causal link to demand is outlined in your hastily-googled abstract.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Well, your graph could just as easily support my position as it could go against it.

no, it' can't. this is an unscientific claim.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Do you have anything else that proves being vegan is an effort in futility?

i've never said that. i think if you want to avoid animal products, then doing so is its own reward. but if you want to decrease animal slaughter, it's ineffective.

i suggest that you go where animals are being slaughtered and stop it.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I see a line that could be higher if not for the personal choice of a collective of vegans, vegetarians, and generally healthier people.

you can't prove a counterfactual. but it is a fact that vegans exist, and the chart continues to rise.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/tobacco-production?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL

edit: i don't know how you can quantify the demand for tobacco, and i don't know what causal mechanism can explain this chart.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

i think supply creates its own demand, but i don't believe there is any causal mechanism by which choosing to buy something causes more of it to be produced, nor that production causes others to purchase it.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

i'm saying if what you're claiming is true, then it would follow that the growth of the industry would stop and reverse.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (21 children)

So I guess I chose the easy one.

but if it's ineffective, then it is no better.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

What kind of proof do you want and I’ll go find it for you how’s that.

i'd like proof of a causal mechanism by which choosing to buy beans has caused meat production to decline. i don't think you can find any such causal mechanism.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

what you're presenting is a classic post hoc ergo propter hoc. both of those declined in production following the introduction of color television as well. we can't very well say that color caused a reduced production. in fact, you haven't actually presented any evidence that less asbethos or cigarettes are being produced.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

We’ve had this argument like twice already.

and you still haven't seemed to grasp the lack of evidence for your claim.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Do I need to send you university debate level arguments

i'm not interested in debate. i'm interested in provable claims.

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