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user-inactivated · 3632 days ago · link · · parent · post: This summer, PETA said they would pay poor Detroit residents' water bills if they went vegetarian -- I want hubski's opinion on this
Not vegetarian, vegan. As a vegetarian myself, I say this campaign is bullshit. Being vegan (and healthy) is expensive and time-consuming, more expensive than paying for water. It's cruel to dangle luxury morality consumerism in front of poor people who can't afford it as a test for assistance. Maybe you could do it cheaply for a month but if you kept eating like that you'd end up with vitamin or protein deficiency. I'm pretty enraged by conditional assistance anyway. Conditions that are modeled on what rich liberals like to pat themselves on the back for are doubly enraging. If it's truly a superior way, then make it financially feasible for everyone instead of paternalistically teasing a city of vulnerable people.