alt Hacker News>I am even willing to bet you think humans currently outnumber animals
I'm not sure what makes you assume that about me. I'm well aware that there are more animals than humans?
It's clear that this is no longer a productive discussion about animal welfare.
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> I'm not sure what makes you assume that about me.
I'm not sure why you're not sure; the parent comment explained it already: your vision of an idealized pasture is incongruent with reality, namely because the number of animals and resources it would take to materialize and actually sustain such a system defies reason.
This was never a discussion about animal welfare, but about challenging industry-seeded assumptions which were not even being questioned. It is unfortunate this makes you feel threatened and requires a retreat from the conversation, but it is also typical.