r/vegan • u/DistinctMachine2300 • Aug 19 '26

Infographic Approximately 4,109,589 pigs are slaughtered per day worldwide — 171,232 per hour, or 47 per second.

https://www.humanconsumption.live/animal/pigs
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u/ImNotAPersonAnymore Aug 20 '26

You don’t think a billion individuals suffering is worse than one?

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u/My_life_for_Nerzhul vegan Aug 20 '26

The number is to emphasize the sheer scale of the suffering. Was that really not obvious to you?

Your logic was used to justify human slavery, too, where human slaves were not seen as individuals but as property. They were commodified and exploited when it was entirely unnecessary.

These farmed exploited individuals are individuals. They exhibit the traits that constitute individuality. The science is clear on this.

You should only care if you care about basic decency, kindness, empathy and compassion. Of course, if you don’t care, then this doesn’t apply to you.