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edmund_the_destroyer wrote

That's the opposite of a slippery slope argument, isn't it? "If I act, and nobody else acts with me, there will be no progress." What if Tom's village has ten or twenty people who thought about going vegan but decide it's not worthwhile for the same reason he does? Then progress could have been made but is not.

I also think there's a chance of some social impact. If I'm a vegan others might notice that I'm eating reasonable meals without resorting to meat, dairy, and eggs. They might be more inclined to be vegan, or at least try a few vegan foods and eat meat less often. Maybe the world will trend to vegan over a few generations - that's worse than changing everything all at once, but better than no change at all.

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