Don’t trust the meat industry? WAIT until you watch this.
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According to a major investigation by DeSmog, the global meat industry is “borrowing tactics from tobacco companies” and following the example set by fossil fuel giants to “confuse and delay regulation” regarding their planet-destroying ways.
The five-month-long investigation included a comprehensive review of hundreds of documents and statements by meat industry companies and trade associations.
The research showed that major industry players were even going as far as to actively portray themselves as climate leaders by:
- Downplaying the impact of livestock farming on the climate and casting doubt on the efficacy of alternatives to meat to combat climate change.
- Promoting the 'health benefits of meat' while overlooking the industry’s environmental footprint.
- Exaggerating the potential of agricultural innovations to reduce the livestock industry’s ecological impact.
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According to a major investigation by DeSmog, the global meat industry is “borrowing tactics from tobacco companies” and following the example set by fossil fuel giants to “confuse and delay regulation” regarding their planet-destroying ways.
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We should defend That Vegan Teacher Miss Kadie as a vegan community! She is being subjected to many lies and people are threatening her safety. She is an amazing person who did nothing wrong. All she did was to stand up and speak for the voiceless animals. She is on youtube now and still she is trying to promote the vegan message any way she can! All she thinks is to inform others about the horrors of the animal agriculture and how easy and healthy veganism is. We should be more supportive of her as the vegan community! 💖
Watch this crucial documentary on youtube 👉 The Connections (2021)
You love your dog🤗🐶, or cat 🤗🐈, or little horse 🤗🐴, or a cute little rabbit 🤗🐰.....
But you pay for someone else to do that. Proxy 😞 killing.... CuIt following...
Are used to be a hypocrite. But now I don’t. I don’t murder animals. I’m vegan. Think about the victim. Not yourseIf....
It’s easy being a vegan. Stop murdering them. Simple ✅🤷🏼♂️.
@Aaron Loos .. Viagra is eating animals. Fat deposits clog the arteries. Scientific fact. You’re not supposed to eat animals. Long, long long stomachs. Flat teeth. Little flat teeth. We are herbivores. Scientific fact. ✅❤️💪😬🦷.
could you provide us an update on your sanctuary? we're particularly curious about how you manage to keep the emissions to a minimum.
Why is lobbyism even a word? The word "Bribery" will do just fine..
The sad truth.
To differentiate it from illegal bribery. Lobbying is legalized bribery.
Donations for politicians, lobbying for corporations, and bribery for the rest of us plebs.
Lobbying = the richest people are the real ones who rule the world. A lot of bullsh**
Wait how is lobbying anything like bribery? What do you mean?
Coming up on my 1 year anniversary becoming vegan. I have Ed to thank for that. I’ve never felt better.
This is your new Birthday.
When I tried only eating plants I had no energy and felt generally bad. Then I was told to take supplements that come from animals and thought that kind of defeats the point.
Try Carnivore.
@@bonchidude if this isnt cult behaviour i dont know what it is.
Dont eat this way. At least eat some organ meats on occasions. Like liver heart or brain. You dont need to go full vegan to make a difference, reducing intake is enough, not eating any meat is just good for peoples egos. To be able to say they are vegan.
Just like with the seafood industry, if you are willing to pay a fee you get a BS certification. Which is enough to fool most consumers.
I pay a fee for bullshit natural organic plants.
Not seafood industry, but the sea creature murdering "industry".
@@user-lu6cy7hm2t You are righttttttt! But I would go w/ murder, not killing. But either one says it si bad.
who else used to think that their parents were really intelligent people, but as soon as you turned vegan, suddenly plants have feelings and cows are going to take over the world…
Holy shit you sound just like my father
don't forget that chickens are "dinosaurs" so its ok to eat them.
It really hurts even gary yourofsky said that its very hard and disappointing 😔 to deal with your own family and friends 💔 to make them realize that its not a personal choice and no one will take over the world if we stop breeding them their population will balance out
Exactly hahahsh,
Vegan for the animals forever 💚💚💚💚💚
@@antiveganworld937 heart disease yumm 😋
@@vinnyhorapeti2461 Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
@@antiveganworld937 By 'smart' do you mean teletubbie smart?
same bro
@@antiveganworld937 what are you doin in a vegan video
I really don't know how to thank you for all these important videos. I'm an italian girl and here in Italy the vegan movement isn't very spread yet, but your channel for me is like paradise.
The only happy thing I can say about Danish Crown is that Lidl here in Denmark stopped selling their "climate controled" meat after finding out that they are lying out their asses. Now we just need the rest following suit~
The simple fact that the government can receive money from corporations for their personal interests is beyond stupid
Please join Tiktok. Aware ppl needed there 💪🧠
Vegan for all the animals, for the planet and for my health!!!
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
@@antiveganworld937 You think your comment is so valuable and insightful, you needed to copy/paste it multiple times. And to what end? Animal cruelty
this is crazy! What you said is entirely false and you should be held accountable! Meat is GOOD for the planet and benefits your health! completely none-sense and brainwashing you're speaking please watch what you're saying people's health will be destroyed l
@@MrJavacash Yet all the science points against your claim. YOU should be watching what you are saying lol. Also, eating plant based is not even bad for your health. Quite the opposite. If you look at blue zones, they eat about 95% plantbased, yet live the longest. I guess you could argue it’s not a 100%, but I somehow doubt that 5% is making much of a difference
@@user-ed7pu5uj3q for real, and honestly it’s pathetic. Imagine taking the time to click on multiple vegan videos to leave a bogus comment, which no one is really going to listen to because we’re already vegan because we have looked at the facts.
13 year old me did not realize the weight of the decision I was making when I decided to never eat animals again.
I wanted to become vegan at seven but my parents kept telling me the propaganda of the meat and dairy industries.
@@rowzies4533 Parents lie to their children. Pfft, this is akin to child abuse. TY for being vegan.
@@bonchidude child abuse ? 😅 you people are so damn lost and radical it isn't even funny .... you are in a CULT lol
@@bonchidude Also how is the vegan diet safe for children if 84% of you guys quit?
@@justinedwards9393 what is the number one killer of humans in the western world? Please tell me troll
Thanks Ed!
"oh yeah I'm vegan for my health" **downs a dozen oreos while I shovel potato chips into my mouth**
nah baby, vegan for the animals. always.
@Tyler B #2 People who pay to murder fish murder at least 3 other creatures. You are non-vegan so it does not count.
Oreos and bagged chips = fake food, fake like the fake plant meat and fake vegan cheese. Care for yourself as well as the animals
Oreos have egg and milk so not vegan but yes,
@@Clover_knows_pets they are vegan, only the ones that are dipped in chocolate as well as "oreos crunchies dipped" contain milk powder. original oreos or the golden ones with vanilla flavour are vegan, there's no milk and certainly no eggs in them. there could be cross contamination with milk but that's only relevant for people with allergies
@@Clover_knows_pets No they don't check their label
The RSPCA does great things for animals except, of course, if those animals are eaten by humans.
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
@@antiveganworld937 Oh, you've repeated the same nonsense comment over and over. How purile.
@@antiveganworld937 I swear the SpOnGeBoB meme was made with people like you in mind, lmao.
@@antiveganworld937 your comment is worth zero value, no vegan is gonna listen to your garbage
Ed out here, not only feeding us knowledge, but double dribbling invisible basketballs, like an absolute unit.
Explain
@@tsarina24honolulu87 Watch his hands lol.
Exposing the lies again. Thanks Ed for all that you do.
you & mic the vegan need to start a podcast together where you debunk common arguments against veganism & expose the animal ag industry like this. great work, ed. more people need this type of education. i’m so happy i found your videos & i only wish i would have found them and gone vegan sooner!
Each of them is excellent on their own. I saw a few you tubers doing videos with their sidekick and it didn’t work. Why to brake something which is not broken?
@@annaal7480 just a suggestion to reach more people!
@@rayrayisfruity What more can one person do?
It's up to us to spread the word.
The future of human nutrition is plants.
Wrong
Great video, shared! Keep it up!
Earthling ed almost at 400k subs, his channel keeps growing!
The animals did not want to die!
@Aaron Loos Funny that if I threw a tantrum in public and tried to excuse myself by saying "but toddlers do it too!", no-one would take me seriously. We don't think it's reasonable for adults to expect to be held to the same standard as children, yet when it comes to eating meat, we suddenly act like it's unreasonable to hold humans to a higher standard than wild animals.
@Aaron Loos are you as intelligent as a coyote? If not you shouldnt apply the same moral standards, that you apply to a coyote, who needs to kill for survival, to yourself, who eats meat/animal products out of comfort.
We dont all have the same amount of moral agency. When a child hits a peer in the face, and a human adult hits a peer, is that morally comparable?
unborn children don't want to die either
@@ala1178
One of my favourite anti-vegan arguments.
> People assume vegans are pro-choice since they view veganism as a "liberal" philosophy. But people don't realise they've been trained to view the world through a simple, reductionist prism. In this case when a movement like veganism begins to gain traction, they unconsciously and automatically try to categorise it by asking themselves "where can I place this on the left-right political spectrum?" But often that question makes as much sense as asking a mother how much she values her children in monetary terms. It's a sort of category mistake. Veganism isn't like Catholicism: there's no central vegan authority who dictates what vegans have to believe. Some vegans will be pro-choice and some will be pro-life.
> Suppose everything I've just said is wrong, and all vegans are pro-choice. Why would that make them hypocrites? Thinking that it would says more about you than it does about them. You're effectively saying an inanimate mass of cells has more moral value than a fully developed, living, breathing animal who actually has the capacity to think and suffer, just because the embryo happens to be composed of human cells, the same kind of cells that you are made out of. Isn't that the worst kind of chauvinism?
> But again, suppose that everything I've just said is wrong, and all vegans are pro-choice, and that makes them moral hypocrites. How would that count in any way against the idea of veganism? It wouldn't. To argue otherwise would be a fallacious appeal to hypocrisy (also called the _tu quoque_ fallacy). Just because someone doesn't practice what they preach, it doesn't mean what they preach is wrong.
So the "but what about abortion?" argument doesn't even begin to get off the ground. And the fact that it's one of the most common anti-vegan arguments just shows how weak the anti-veganism position is overall.
The world is finally beginning to wake up 🌿
Unfortunately it's kinda too late xd but we have to save as much nonhuman animal victims as possible before the end
@@dwarney5280 Yeah, it would have been far better if "humanity" realised sooner. But eitherway, I agree. We need to help as many as we can.
@@dwarney5280 when 😯
@@helpimlost.62 soon
@@helpimlost.62 i just told you
Solid video Ed, Incredibly deceptive no doubt, but never underestimate the power of wilful ignorance. Keep fighting the good fight as best you can.🌱🌍🧠💚
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
@@antiveganworld937 What truth? The meat industry survives off of lies.
How many more facts do we need?!
It took the publication of some seven thousand scientific research papers on the connection between smoking and lung cancer... before the US Surgeon General began putting health warnings on cigarette packets.
😔
stupid people don't care about facts, only their feelings
@@SNinjaQK at least you're honest about yourself
@@ala1178 ok carnist
@@SNinjaQK and proud
Ed and his team really work so hard! Truly inspirational
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
@@antiveganworld937
Why do you have so much hate in your heart? If anything, you should be glad people are doing what’s best for animals, the planet, and their own health.
Perhaps you’re a salty farmer or someone who can’t fathom that they’re wrong. We’ve all been there, nearly all of us. It’s okay to change and to grow, but if now isn’t your time, I hope it’s someday soon.
@@antiveganworld937 I find it difficult to understand why anyone could be literally anti vegan. It feels like being anti kindness. Why would anyone do this?
Time to push the video YT, people need to know the truth!
Not surprised.....excellent video Ed, we thank you
Vegan for the animals! :)
I recently read the book "Food Politics" by Marion Nestle, which gives a very good detailed historical account on how the food industry has systematically undermined legislators, scientists and organisations that try to set good standards and educate on food and nutrition in the USA. Highly recommended read if you're interested in the intersection between food, politics and economics.
I saw that referenced somewhere else recently as well. Thanks for the reminder I gotta look into it
Lol, I read Nestle and thought of Nestlé ;-;
Might check it out, I love all of those things.
@@user-sf9gs2pg1b Haha, yeah. I'm sure it's a curse the author regularly deals with. Very unfortunate when you indirectly work against a megacorporation but have the same name XD
Evil is all around us.. not in "hell".
This actually is hell and man is the devil in it.
I find it strangely Karmic that we are dealing with one of the largest environmental disasters that is due in large part to one of the worst atrocities humanity has ever committed.
And I don't even believe in Karma.
@Aaron Loos did you even read my comment.
I don't believe in Karma
@@justsomeguy2825 Aaron only talks to himself. We need better trolls.
We’re living in a nightmare.
Honestly don’t be so ridiculous
Be strong. We are the meat industry's nightmare.
i am hurting these companies where they are most sensitive: no money for them. No single cent.
You always do such a wonderful job exposing the truth and backing it up with solid proof. Thank you.
I'm used to be being vegan so I forget how manipulative and horrible the animal industry is. Thanks to your videos I can be reminded of how important the issue is. You guys are amazing.
Thank you so much Ed.
Amazing Video 💯
Thanks!
Ed does it again, publishing a masterpiece exposing the lies and conspiracies of the animal agriculture industry and governments. As soon as the general public starts thinking more logically and critically the industry will collapse, one factory farm and slaughterhouse at a time.
Very informative, thank you Ed!
I'll use my comment-for-the-algorithm while I dont skip the sponsored part to say your shirt is crazy amazing.
Spot on as always, Ed! Thank you for everything you do! I am so glad to be supporting the amazing progress you're making on a global scale!
Ed youve changed my world💘 thank your for your hunger for truth and knowledge , thanks for being exactly YOU..
Brilliant video! Very powerful info!
Mute the sound and put on vivaldi's winter in the background and watch Ed be the conductor with his right hand movements :p XD
That's really funny🤣
Corpses aren't suppose to look appetizing..
♥️ Thank you so much! Thank you for helping the animals and bringing light to what's going on in the world. You are superhero! I know sometimes people are tough on you, stay strong, there are so many supporting you. ♥️
Join Tiktok to raise awareness 💚🌱👍
Thanks for the information.
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
@@antiveganworld937 I saw the truth of animal cruelty 35 years ago , that's why i don't eat animals. Sorry you don't sound smart to me at all.
thank u edward
Ed coming in with the facts & logic HARD
Great work Ed!🌱
i'm so glad that more and more products in our markets in Germany are now vegan. it makes me happy to see more vegan labels. it's easier for me to go shopping.
Go vegan. As an individual act in such a way that goes towards the future you want to see. Where the world becomes a ecologically stable place to live and a peaceful place to live.
Thank you!
Perfect examples of the meaning of the word: Subterfuge.
Wait aren't those the same that did the whole "exxon knew" an amazing report about how exxon had an amazing grasp on climate change even surpassing academia and precisely for that they doubled down on denial
Ed, please include English subtitles in all of your videos. It's very helpful for us from non-english speaking areas. Thanks 🙏🌱💚
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
Ok troll
@@legendaryorca8936 Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
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Ed, can you talk about animals used in sports please? A horse named Jet Set was sadly put down yesterday because he got injured during the Olympics eventing cross-country trial. Some comments I read about it are so nonsensical it's irritating.
Thank you for speaking and spreading the truth, Ed! ♥️
Thanks Ed for all that you do.
YESs. Instead of a bacon advert I got an oat milk advert. Life is amazing.
Very well said
Not surprised! I hope this report reaches the European Parliament. We can't defeat the meat industry without a major systemic change.
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
I can't wait to see the video
booo
great video Ed! Thank you!
Is a good thing that meat industry are this desperate to use this old tactics were people were more naive
In my other life, i use to work in a slaughter house. You wouldnt believe how much water is needed everyday to clean up the mess to keep it sanitary + how much chemicals are mixed up into this unbelivable quantity.
well yea
you dont want diseases on the floors where you kill animals to harvest the meat
@@spatrk6634 Try "You dont want to kill animals and waste water"
@@bobmenat3361 well killing animals gives you nutrient rich food, and its not wasting water, its protecting the meat
@@spatrk6634 You dont read much and try new things dont you?
@@spatrk6634 Try something that is not total bullshit or a lie?
Great work Ed!
Thanks for your videos
Don’t think I could trust the meat industry much less. Haven’t even started watching yet, but from the title alone, I’m scared.
6 years vegan this November!
Brilliant video, as always
Good job team!
Amazing video, as always I must say
Luckily Danish crown has been severely criticized in the media. However, it won't change anything. We, the Danish, need someone like you here in Denmark. It's embarrassing. There's 80 million pigs and only 6 million people in Denmark. Horrible..
Another excellent video. Thank you Ed!
Great video! haha I like to listen to your videos as podcasts while doing other things and the slide animation sound freaked me out for a second! I was constantly trying to figure out if it was coming from somewhere else xP
I wish I could say I was surprised at all this but we all know how twisted animal farmers are, once again though, this is a great short video to drop into debates with pro animal ag puppets. Thanks mate.
I hope billions have access to this video. It’s a must see.
Great insightful video.
Thanks Ed, amazing work 👍
I am so embarrassed about the danish government allowing this to happen as a dane
as a brit i am ashamed of being british both because of the false science and the general concept of being british 🤮
@Anon Anon imagine being british, thats what i have to go through EVERY DAY, it pains me to the core (at least im not french 🤢)
@Anon Anon cringe 🤢🤮 (i feel your pain, you are not alone)
@Anon Anon woosh
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
Hello vegans !! I am going vegan and thought not to include palm oil . So I searched for junk food without it and here it is . It was quite hard to search for vegan snacks without palm oil but here are some . I will update this list as soon as I learn/found more products without palm oil . Please you all also suggest more products in the section specially chocolate coz it's very very very hard to find vegan chocolate without palm oil ( if available in India coz I am Indian ) .
Hope you will enjoy and please recommend these products to all vegans because I had literally searched whole Google for VEGAN SNACKS WITHOUT PALM OIL but there were Less than 3 or 4 websites which had some snacks without palm oil and so , for the new going vegans it would be easier , Please .
1 Pringles ( Originals )
2 Doritos ( Blaze + Chilli Heatwave )
3 Taco bell ( Mild + Fire )
4 Polo Mints
5 Hershey's chocolate syrup
6 Too Yum ( Veggie Stix + Indian masala chips + Classic salted chips )
7 Cornitos ( Thai sweet chilli + Peri Peri )
8 Ching's veg Hakka noodles
9 Amul dark chocolate
Edit - Doritos spicy sweet chili was removed from list because in India yesterday I went to supermarket and found that it had milk solids .
Edit - Hershey's Strawberry syrup is also vegan and palm oil free
Thanks! I never knew Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup didn’t have milk
@@fractor my pleasure
@@BharatSharma-of9du Amul is a blatantly anti vegan company who peddle lies and mislead people through deceptive ads, lobbying and propaganda
@@MukulVyas5 I know , but you can check the ingredients of all dark chocolates of Amul . You can call them accidentally vegan
@@BharatSharma-of9du I know brother but I would rather starve to death than pay Amul for anything irrespective of whether it's vegan or not because all they do is blatantly lie and engage in smear campaigns.
Anyway glad to know that you've chosen to be vegan. 🙂 Being from the land of Ahinsa, it makes no sense to not be.
Great video!
Great Video!
Thanks 🙏
VEGAN FOR THE ANIMALS!
Vegan for the animals! RUclips: Dominion 2018
ThanQ 4 all the research & presentations U do ❤️🐄🥰
I've been vegan for the past 5 years now.. God bless those innocent animals..
I am so lucky to have vegetarian family.
Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
Great,I hope they'll support going vegan.
@@user-dt3hk7fu8w Independent smart people eat meat after seeing the truth!
@@antiveganworld937 Honestly just stop trolling. How do you get enjoyment out of this?
@@user-dt3hk7fu8w Yes we are very close to being vegan already, only thing which we consume is milk, which is difficult to leave here in India.
Obviously i don't like abuse on cow🥺.
Will try to leave it.
Do you have any non-vegan friends? If so, what is the relationship dynamic like? I’m a student at university and really keen to make new friends, but I can’t get past the fact that so many of my peers partake in the activity that I’m so passionately opposed to.
You have to watch Melanie Joy's presentation on carnism to not get angry at people but carnism. Highly recommended.
Unless you enjoy living in your own echo chamber, i suggest you have friends with different beliefs. 90% of my friends don't follow my diet but we get along just fine. They're never bashful and sometimes enjoy learning about my view points. No matter the topic you should always still talk to people on the other side
@@Petra999 I agree, although it is really a test of nerves sometimes. One has to believe in the potential of others, although it is sometimes hard to grasp how people still hold onto their addictions and beliefsystems at this point in time of meltdown and infos on the subject
@@spiral-m I'm sure we all have some habits or beliefs that if we truly thought about are on the wrong side of things. Everybody has flaws so just because my friends don't understand veganism doesn't mean I'm better than them. They could very well be on the right side of a different issue that I'm ignorant too and they accept me regardless.
@@Petra999 Of course - we all have to learn and it is not about being better, but it is about being more conscious in a crucial area. I am always ready for constructive criticism and work on myself, but there is a point at which things go off the scale, in terms of suffering and destruction caused. It's a bit like having friends who are good in many ways but support child prostitution in Thailand, white supremacy ("they took ar jaabs!"), slavery or such like. There is a such major difference in the implications of certain belief systems that if you are doing your best in all areas, you have a right to be adamantly critical of your friends who are stuck in psychopathy (in that sense). That said, being vegan most certainly doesn't mean completely enlightened / no need for further reflection.
Thank you for your brilliant analysis!
You probably know already, but you're awesome.
I support you Earthling Ed. I support you all the way. Keep going and never stop.
Animal agriculture will ALWAYS be more wasteful than plant agriculture. That's just physics. There is no way around that fact.
@robert porter however that way if true, cannot be possible with our current demand and scale of meat eaters. The population is rising, so is the demand for cheap meat. More and more animal agriculture will become a damaging business, they cannot be climate friendly in this current capacity of animals being bred
@robert porter No, it can't be. Animals will ALWAYS require more calories than the amount of calories we're going to get out of eating them. Therefore, it will ALWAYS be more wasteful.
@@caitlinswain6305 I agree, not every needs to breed, we need to take the population down by billions, anyways, we only have so much top soil, whether we eat plants or animals, the world is fucked by the population
Thanks
Thanks for all you do with the vegan community and for helping animals. Decided to go vegan again today.
@@astropolski Oh, that's wonderful! For healthy eating, check NutritionFactsOrg and Daily Dozen by Dr Michael Greger. He has also awesome lecture about dairy, meat and tobacco industry , the same deceptive tactics. It's hilarious! And sad at the same time.
Thanks Ed for your tireless effort in fighting this rubbish
*and the tobacco industry. We are at a point where one doesn't need to study how these mechanism work. Just apply them to every industry branch. Same stimuli, same system structures, same species (humans) = same corruption/manipulation.
Great video! Rock on team vegan
Comment for the algorithm
Very well said Earthling Ed :)
Being a Kiwi, nice to hear the NZ government challenged NZ Beef & Lamb's claims.
Also funny a UK industry would cite a study from another country - different land mass, different environment and, statistically, I believe NZ is quite low on animal production units, when compared to other parts of the world, like the UK - except for sheep, that is.
The phasing out of such practices is going to be generational anyway, as some people's livelihoods are rooted in the industry and their children are raised into the industry - speciesism operates much the same way as other isms, in this respect - like racism.
Only younger generations choosing to not participate and not take jobs in these industries will lower demand and age-out the old beliefs and practices.
Your work is valuable in helping give people the awareness, Ed - as with awareness comes choice.
@robert porter spe·cies·ism (spē′shē-zĭz′əm, -sē-)
n.
Intolerance or discrimination on the basis of species, especially as manifested by cruelty to or exploitation of animals by humans.
racism (ˈreɪsɪzəm) or racialism
n.
1. (Sociology) the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others
2. (Sociology) abusive or aggressive behaviour towards members of another race on the basis of such a belief
(The Free Online Dictionary by Farlax)
The similarities are right there but the similarity I was referring to was that both speciesism and racism can be generational, as in, can be taught to and passed on to children through parentage.
Also, not sure which crack-down you are referring to - I'm guessing it's the emissions and ute tax because of our carbon-footprint-reduction initiative - as you probably know, agriculture, as well as vehicle emissions, are leading sectors for carbon emissions.
It is a tough pill to swallow, I know, and sometimes fighting the government can be like banging your head against a wall but some farmers are taking an active role to minimize emissions and preserve the environment like, planting to minimize water pollution and adding other plants to feed to reduce methane.
Don't really know a lot about the emissions tax or the ute tax, as it’s not really my area of reading right now but was thinking the vehicle is factored in to farming emissions and not sure if all farm vehicles are registered for road use so thinking some farm vehicles don't pay road user tax - not entirely sure of this though as have too much reading to add more to my list.
Was wondering though, if you were still around in 50 years, and demand for your industry declined, would you be willing to diversify - I think most businesses would, as a matter of survival - and if you were willing to diversify - when the time came - if you couldn't stop the government, and your livelihood depended on it - wouldn't it make some sense to look at low-emission business alternatives now rather than when you are stuck between a rock and a hard place?
One thing most farmers have is stacks of land, depending on location, that land could be used for a range of things, hydro, solar, wind, thermal, horticulture.
Times are changing - some people may not weather the changes but some people, if they can peer into the future and see what's coming, may just adapt and come out right as rain.