the fact is that any 'good' coming from being alive cannot make up for the 'evil' that it costs if one is arbitrarily strict - the pain and injustice of cows dy

the fact is that any 'good' coming from being alive cannot make up for the 'evil' that it costs if one is arbitrarily strict - the pain and injustice of cows dying to make food, the environment disturbed to ensure sufficient square footage of crop growth, the carbon emissions required to maintain a population above a certain level. In order to stay alive, in the face of an arbitrarily strict moralist, one must defiantly and violently insist on living. Don't do better, do worse.