> Farmed animals are a means to an end, not an object of affection. I've read a few accounts of farmers who didn't feel that way and talked about how sad they

> Farmed animals are a means to an end, not an object of affection. I've read a few accounts of farmers who didn't feel that way and talked about how sad they were sending the animals for slaughter, but they still did it. There was a TV show ages ago where this guy decided to film one cow for it's life and then cook the meat. They showed the film and then he was just crying and the chef was starting to cook and be sympathetic. Or something like https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50986683 https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50986683 I'm not a vegetation but I feel like I am really pushing something out of my mind to eat meat, so it is a cognitive dissonance.