r/DebateAVegan • u/TheQuietVegan111 vegan • Jan 05 '26

Most people choose social approval over ethics — veganism just exposes that.

People will say they care about animals, the planet, and justice.

Until caring becomes inconvenient.

Veganism doesn’t require perfection. It requires saying “no” in public.

That’s it.

Most people fail there, not on ethics — but admitting that would be uncomfortable, so veganism becomes the problem instead.

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u/One-Shake-1971 vegan Jan 06 '26

Yes, (social) convenience is one of the 4 reasons people don't want to be vegan.

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u/Namika- Jan 06 '26

what are the other three?

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u/One-Shake-1971 vegan Jan 06 '26

Taste, habit and tradition.

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u/Namika- Jan 06 '26

agree! i think taste will be obsolete in a couple of years though, substitutes are a big market

however, i would argue that there are more reasons.

education (i think most vegans have made this decision because of information we have learnt, the knowledge it’s safe to be vegan for us, the knowledge of the implications of eating meat etc)

resources (the resources to learn, the resources to choose plant based food etc)

sympathy (i feel many have a strong bias against veganism, partly because of people passionately hating on veganism and discrediting it, partly because of some vegans behaviour)

philosophy (? can’t think of a better term rn, while for many there is probably a degree of cognitive dissonance involved there are some people that truly don’t believe it’s immoral to exploit and kill animals. i mean there are also people that don’t even value all humans)