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> privileged Westerners What about the folks that are poor? Those are the biggest group, and it's a little tone-deaf to call them privileged just because they

• nobodywasishere 6y ago
  I think they meant "those people who are Westerners who are also privileged" and not "all Westerners, who are all privileged".
  • krageon 6y ago
    If it's just the privileged few that go vegan, how would it be a solution to anything at all? That's why I assumed this person meant everyone.
• Forbo 6y ago
  There's a huge misconception that eating vegan is expensive. Vegan diet staples are dirt cheap. Legumes are absurdly inexpensive, especially when compared with meat. If governments ever get around to closing the loophole of externalizing costs (for instance, through a carbon tax), then the difference would grow even wider.
  • krageon 6y ago
    When you're poor, changing a habit in such a major way involves a ton of willpower. It's hard to have that willpower when there's a million things that absolutely must be solved (a lot of them involving money). Money is what buys you the ability to have luxuries such as making nonessential dietary changes.