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* In either case, the farmers would '''stop breeding more animals.''' | * In either case, the farmers would '''stop breeding more animals.''' | ||
* In either case, people would still eat meat ''for another '''year''' or so'', after '''pledging''' to go vegan. | * In either case, people would still eat meat ''for another '''year''' or so'', after '''pledging''' to go vegan. | ||
** Maybe the "pledge" part sounds weird & hypothetical, but so is the idea of everyone going vegan tomorrow. | ** {{light|Maybe the "pledge" part sounds weird & hypothetical, but so is the idea of everyone going vegan tomorrow.}} | ||
*** {{light|If everyone ''gradually'' went vegan{{x|as in, people slowly phase out meat in their diets - or people go "cold turkey" vegan but each starting from a different day - or anything in between: there wouldn't need to be a whole lot of coordination between people necessarily; just a general trend of being more plant-based}}, there'd be no "shock in demand"{{x|as economists would say}}, and thus no "what do we do with the animals". Farmers already control how many animals are bred. They would just breed fewer of them.}} | *** {{light|If everyone ''gradually'' went vegan{{x|as in, people slowly phase out meat in their diets - or people go "cold turkey" vegan but each starting from a different day - or anything in between: there wouldn't need to be a whole lot of coordination between people necessarily; just a general trend of being more plant-based}}, there'd be no "shock in demand"{{x|as economists would say}}, and thus no "what do we do with the animals". Farmers already control how many animals are bred. They would just breed fewer of them.}} | ||
Even after everyone is fully vegan, domesticated chickens/pigs/cows would still exist - maybe '''~0.1%''' of today's farm animal population - kept deliberately to preserve the species. They wouldn't be used for food. ''Petting zoos'' might be a good place for them{{x|could be privately or publicly owned, depending on the market}}. In any case, they would have to be given a [[abolish factory farms/Better standards|decent standard of living]]. | * Even after everyone is fully vegan, domesticated chickens/pigs/cows would still exist - maybe '''~0.1%''' of today's farm animal population - kept deliberately to preserve the species. They wouldn't be used for food. ''Petting zoos'' might be a good place for them{{x|could be privately or publicly owned, depending on the market}}. In any case, they would have to be given a [[abolish factory farms/Better standards|decent standard of living]]. | ||