Industrial animal agriculture also increases the risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria and is an environmental disaster ... two more reasons to choose something else on the menu. Well done Alex. Great presentation.
HaveGotToGitGud yes it does, when bacteria survive the antibiotic they become resistant and pass that resistance to offspring. The more we use them, the greater the chance of bacteria becoming resistant
Usa, EU, China and others have already limited the use of antibiotics for the factory farms, so you're not right. The resistance may be spread more by metals through co-selection, but they are used in agricolture as well, for their antimicrobic activity. So no actual benefit in changing diet to avoid superbacteria emergency
doesn't just "increase the risk" of environmental disaster. right now the sixth mass extinction is occurring, primarily driven by mass animal agriculture.
I saw a clip of this on TikTok and someone tried to argue against it by saying that these animals are fed antibiotics. So I had to inform them about the increased risk of antibiotic resistance due to these animals being fed antibiotics in factory farms.
Han Hume dharam ke raste me chla n Chahiye.jaise ki hmare dharam me satvik khana khane ko kha gya hai.and satvik khana khane se kabhi virus Ka host change nhi hoga jnha tak hai.
It’s part of The Great Reset agenda. Lab grown meat will soon be your only choice “YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.” THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM This is propaganda by one of their shills
@@ajax1472 I have many grave concerns on science playing god and am genuinely sceptical of the Frankenstein food that vegans seem to be championing. Genetically modified veg, lab grown meat! Patented life, Globalist corporations that take nature and play god to make a profit. DO YOU THINK THE MEDDLING STOPS WITH FOOD? Trans humanism is what they have waiting for you. They are openly saying this in Davos. This is the Great Reset in motion. “YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY” THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
A friend of mine was discussing how his two sons studied to become Veterinary Surgeons. They toured a piggery attached to a factory. His sons described in tears that the squealing of the pigs was so obviously from intelligent beings SCREAMING because they knew full well what was going to happen to them. Truly heart wrenching.
@@rexluminus9867 At 9 I saw my pet bull hit in the head with a hammer when I walked in the barn one day. I was in shock and had a headache for 3 days. I used to talk to him very often by the fence on the farm and he like it I could tell. I was lonely and had no friends so I was so happy to have him as a friend. I told my mother I would not eat his meat !!!... They were given some. I will never forget that bull, I forgot to name him. He wasn't that big I thought why would they kill him. What a shock for a 9 years old.
@@rexluminus9867 btw it tastes worse and the texture gets hard aswell becase of stress. if you eat the meat of a farm you will notice the meat is better
Completely agree. As a healthcare scientist I’ve raised this to the Health Secretary’s office and to a number of NHS leaders, but nobody wants to talk about it.
I wrote to Matt Hancock a couple of years ago suggesting meat free day on H of C restaurants. Didn't get a reply. I became vegan nearly three years ago when I saw the environmental impact. This reason never occured to me.
right. Industrial farming, has a remarkable efficiency. One semi truck has LESS energy impact than 30 small trucks delivery to local market. So the real elephant in the room is US. capitalism in a world of 10 billion people may have to adapt and so will we. blame the farmers. or become one.
Absolutely, his way with words and ability to explain complicated subjects in such a simple way is nothing but impressive. Every activist should strive to communicate like him... Well, I'm trying my best to do it!
Been vegan for 5 years, after being a hard core meat eater before that. Every single body of evidence points in this direction. My only regret is that it took me so long to look honestly at the evidence and apply my findings to my own life. There is nothing we like so much as good news about our bad habits, and I’m ashamed to admit that I fell victim to that principle for so many years.
@Nyle Haywood I’m not trying to say Alex is a nut. I thought this was very good. It should be noted though that he is biased on the subject and that Ted doesn’t actually endorse tedx videos. As to “any nut”, these are put on by all kinds of different organizations. Check out Graham Hancock’s Tedx and see if there is a problem with the Ted name being associated with him. It lends him credibility that he shouldn’t have.
@@prelogue6348 He is high level with some stuff, and not so high level with others, like many other people are. I loved this video, but I find it shocking that he still talks about religion, as that is the most boring topic I could think of in 2021.
@Kacper Tomasik It really isn't true though. It might be possible to convince some people to go vegan, but not everyone. Only 2.7% of the global population is vegan and I would seriously doubt even a slim majority would give up eating or otherwise utilizing any and all animal products. Humans have evolved as omnivores and we've been eating meat for millions of years. It's genetically hardwired. Meat substitutes aren't bad, but they can never seem to get it spot on in terms of imitating the taste and texture of the real deal. Plus there are nutrition concerns when it comes to a purely vegan diet. Any vegan should probably be taking supplemental vitamin B12, for example. I see all the ethical and human health issues surrounding the farming industry, but I personally can't give up eating meat. I'm too addicted to the taste of steak and chicken. However, as cultured meat starts to get closer to price parity with traditional meat, I'd gladly make the switch. In my humble opinion this, in concert with meat alternatives is the most promising route to reducing the suffering of livestock and poultry in the 21st century.
@@ElAteoMexicano "Plus there are nutrition concerns when it comes to a purely vegan diet." No there aren't. This is a myth. There is absolutely no nutrient that you cannot get from plants or microbes. B12 and Omega-3 you can get from algae. D3 you can get from the sun. etc, etc... Can also just take a vitamin if you're concerned. I mean think about it, where would those animals have gotten those nutrients in the first place? Worst-case scenario we can make these compounds synthetically, but fortunately they are also able to be sourced via plants or microbes. "but I personally can't give up eating meat". You CAN you just don't WANT to because you value PLEASURE over MORALITY. Source: I used to eat cheese every day before I was vegan. It was my favourite food. Once I realized what was happening and internalized it (a difficult thing to do on your own) I stopped immediately. That moment I completely stopped. I have never once eaten cheese since. You CAN. It's a question of whether you will choose to. You always have a choice to do the right thing. "Humans have evolved as omnivores and we've been eating meat for millions of years." Actually most prehistoric humans were vegetarian. Look it up. I think that most of the "hard-wiring" comes from growing up eating meat under the guidance of one's parents. Vegan parents usually have vegan kids. Source: my mom is vegetarian, both me and my brother grew up vegetarian. I independently became vegan when I was 25 (I am embarrassed that it didn't happen sooner).
Absolutely true. Sadly, most people are too self-centred and self-deluded to do so. Their pleasure is more important to them than morality. They would rather torture others than eat something else. Lab-grown meat will help this a lot, and better meat alternatives like the beyond burger have been helping too. But eventually we will need to make laws around animal rights, just as we already do around the rights of dogs.
You are a hero Alex. Focusing on making a better world since your epiphany happened. Well, mine happened because of you and I truly hope it will come one day for everyone.
i agree with the cow part, these animals really have fellings and we just brutally kill and torture them for our pleasure. For ex i had a cow that was in the family for 10 years but we had to sell because we desperately needed the money, the poor thing started crying while it was being loaded up in a truck. my mom also began crying because she was the one who took care of her for the most part and they created a bond in that time. (thankfully i live in a village so she just went to another household and not in some factory, i also saw her other children once, so she's probably still kicking to this day)
You do know in the real world that animal would have been ripped limb from limb and eaten alive instead of instantly killing it? I dont understand how this is a moral issue at all its either let them roam free and die a horrible cruel death or let them live comfy lives for a couple years with people that tend to thier needs and food then for thier sake kill them as fast and painless as possible so they dont even know they are going to die
@@wptd2689 it's not just about their deaths, they are forced to leave their children which is hard on both mother and child, and from what i know life there isn't ''comfy'' as you describe it. I do respect your opinion and i agree somewhat, but i'd much rather have them die of natural causes and not gutted or battered in the head, and cows also would protect each other if they are in herd, so being eaten alive is highly unlikely.
@@wptd2689 first of all really a tiny not representable percentage amount of animals can live the lives you picture on farms and even there it's far off a painless live, most of them are sent to a slaughterhouse with all the other animals, I've been at many vigils where you can see the trucks rolling in, with animals full of fear and sadness in their eyes. Second there are alternatives to farms that make money out of animals, they are called sanctuaries, so it's also not as binary as you picture it. True there won't have endless capacity, but if we stopp exploiting animals the breeding numbers will go down and so the total number of exploited animals. Third Humans don't have to eat animal products to stay healthy, there are so many other options, that are also way more environmentally friendly. In case you don't live in places where animal products are obligatory to stay alive and healthy I see no good reason to take everything away from a living being just so I can eat a bacon sandwicht.
I love being vegan honestly. I thought I would miss animal products, but I really don't. The feeling of aligning my life with my morals is so much more pleasurable than any food could taste.
One of the most eloquent speakers I've heard in a long time. Always look forward to your videos on your channel, and so good to see you doing a TED talk.
@@Ebu26 Alex made a video in which he went on Omegle and spoke to people about veganism. One of the people he spoke to said that he likes Ted talks and Alex said he'd be presenting a Ted talk soon (the video we are commenting under), the guy said he'd watch it. Now that it's been released I (and others) are wondering whether the guy from the Omegle video has, in fact, watched Alex's Ted talk
“Choose something else on the menu,” this is why we need more vegan options at cafes, restaurants and wherever prepared meals are offered. Hopefully even more fully vegan businesses can emerge too.
MORE & MORE places are offereing Vegan meals, I have now travelled to 45 countries and all have plant based foods , at least in the cities and big towns
@@ISignedUpJustToBitch You can do it! I’d say the first month as you adjust is the hardest but then you get used to it and feel SO much mentally and physically better
I cringed so hard during his pre-vegan discussions on veganism. So glad he came to his senses. Now I hope he’ll finally also gives up his position on determinism and the logical nonsense that follows from it.
Since 2009, I went through a slow process of finally becoming vegan in 2016. If you need any advice about nutrition, just ask. I've gone through various deficiencies since, and I seem to have finally conquered all of them. Magnesium is a very important one, but calcium just as well, so your teeth don't deteriorate.
@@silvergreylion Do you haveany idea what to do if you seem to have a lower than standard tolerance to Magnesium? I take a standard daily recommended dose from a reputable supplement company Non-GMO/ Vegan capsules @ 500 mg's 1x daily & the side effects are... uncomfortable. I was told by an M.D. to up it but it got worse. Plus excess can lead to heart palpitations. Need the muscle support but rather get it from food. Any advice welcome. Thanks!
It’s part of The Great Reset agenda. Lab grown meat will soon be your only choice “YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.” THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM This is propaganda by one of their shills
@@mark-yj5sg "they" can already control meat production, since most of it is part of large economic machine. If we really want to be out of reach from this greedy men, we should produce our own meat, grow our own food and encourage non-electronic money transactions. From biotechnological view point, lab grown meat is about efficiency of meat production. I sincerely hope we can manage to organise our lives in such a way, that those greedy degenerates from Davos can't touch us. We can only overwhelm "them" with our positive actions, there is no other way to fight "them".
Perfectly put. Factory farming needs to be a thing of a shameful past. Thanks for your eloquence on this matter, I hope this video goes viral.. No pun intended.
Tough topic with lots of tension, but this is a great, articulate, concise position. Very convincing and very important! Wonderful to see O’Connor continuing to grow his base of influence, and to see his words expanded from their moral and theological roots to inciting active change in the world (on their behalf).
Boycotting animal products is definitely one of the most important choices I’ve made in life so far. Thanks Alex for this amazing summery on the issue of animal exploitation.
@@TheBlaze4000 compared to the suffering that's spared when chosing not to consume animal products, a few tasty things don't mean as much, wouldn't you agree? Because i think that's a fair assessment.
@@TheBlaze4000 your right and eatting meat is completely natural for us as humans and primates. Alex might get a guilt trip from it and that his choice not to eat it. but he has no right to try and mandate what other do.
Going vegan actually means very much for a lot of people. The diet is unhealthy for many people because we don’t get all the nutrients we need from a vegan diet and it isn’t practical for most of the human population. I’m all for ethical farming, but going vegan isn’t going to end animal suffering despite how Alex makes it seem.
I had followed your videos for several years & been working toward vegetarianism. I thought that I had made some strides in my journey but after listening to your videos again , I realize that I must do more as an individual. Thank you for being the voice for those creatures that have none.
Every- body think that "vege- tarian" is not "vegan", but it is. B'cause a vegeta- ble, isn't a fish, or an egg, or an dairy pro- duct. A ve- geta- ble is a plant. Cor- rect me if I am wrong.
Yes, this needs to be discussed everywhere! Mink farms are being banned, because of the pandemic, but if we want to be serious about preventing a future pandemic we need to stop factory farming and also start using less land for farming to allow us to leave wild life alone (surprise, that's by eating plants too)!
People also forget the scramble to slaughter livestock w/ Mad Cow disease. The fear wasn't just that valuable food animals would be ruined, there was serious concern that Mad Cow would make the jump to humans. That's also why mink were slaughtered in the millions last year. As Alex suggests, pandemics are like wildfires and climate change, habitat destruction and concentrated masses of animal monocultures are tender boxes more likely to bring deadly viral "fires" to our doorsteps.
... and we have been doing it for so long. No end in sight whatsoever. It probably has to stop. "The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now." A Chinese proverb that I greatly admire.
Inconveniet compared to what? That is the important question. Covid is pretty inconvenient, as was SARS, swine/bird-flu, AIDS etc. Once people actually give it a try, Veganism isnt so far-fetched, and for every person that transitions the inconvenience decreases. There's no easy way of arguing that point either, basic supply and demand.
@@ottosvardstrom1602 inconvenience due to change in lifestyle. Nobody likes change. Particularly when that change means not doing something that provides dopamine. The benefits of veganism are obvious.. but try making a smoker go cold turkey
@@kkall8477 Cold turkey is not the only option first off all. And there are plenty alternatives that are relatively close to the products that come from this industry. So dopamine is a weak argument, as dopaminergic responses can come from basically anything. Including vegan mock meats. I did it, I went from a regular diet to veganism 3 years ago, it took some time to get over the cravings etc. but its a small sacrifice compared to the benefit for health, environment and the ethics. Once you really give it some time you’ll probably find yourself wondering how you could every put that on you plate, thats what happened to me anyways. Everything is a process, this included. And it doesn’t have to be self-torture.. Without getting to deep into it, Id like to think people are just lazy and comfortable. Its a shame that everyone has to suffer for it, unlike smoking that at worst has the people in your direct surroundings affected. Cheers
Another good point is that animals do not have our level of cognition. I mean that an animal in suffering only knows it is suffering whereas any human who is suffering has almost endless resources from within to cope with and even transcend the suffering. A person experiencing suffering can be stoic about it. A person can take comfort in reading, art, music, any activity including meditating and or praying thus distracting self even it only temporarily and sporadically whereas an animal can not.
When I was young, I saw a mouse suffering in a glue trap. It was impossible to save them. After that, I told my mom I would just capture the mice myself. I made homemade traps for them using an old aquarium, then I let them go in the backyard. After going vegan a few years ago, I thought about that and I knew this is who I am.
Fantastic job! There are people who say they don’t care about animal suffering (other than their pets) when faced with this issue but I don’t think there are many who will say they don’t care about human suffering at all. And as you have pointed out, factory farms can lead to plenty of human suffering as well!
There are also plenty who care about animal suffering but are pretending to themselves that their food comes from happy animals who just want to give up their lives to satisfy the hedonistic desires of humans.
This is one of the best talks of this pandemic and modern time. I would just like to add other, not just food animal farms. We just need to go back to self-sufficient food production and rethink our place and meaning ... And provide that our kids will have healthy Mother Earth to live on.
Much love to the people who are hearing this for the first time and actually listening and considering this. It can be quite daunting to turn your world view around. I love this video!
I showed my parents this video and they yelled at me for “believing in conspiracy theory’s”. We live on a cattle farm and they do these things. I’m beyond confused by my parents.
@@Deathhead68 animals being killed is equal to humans being killed Animal liberation just sounds to me like PETA or any other terrorist attack, unless it's against the exploitive meat industries then go fight fire with fire
I live out in the forest at 7000ft. We watch the birds and chipmunks play all the time. The squirrels and raccoons, rabbits, snakes and coyotes. The populations of certain species drop precipitously as the summer goes by. Nature is cruel.
@@IWantMyCountryBack2 and soon nature will have its way with us and we will be decomposed back into the earth. So why is killing humans wrong? Because they don’t want to die. And neither do cows, chickens, pigs, and every other animal on this planet.
My friend, that’s an entire philosophical discussion that is not worth even mentioning on an online format, but I will say this: If you can’t differentiate between killing an animal and killing a human, then there is something that you may need to rethink.
Just keep him away from the meat eater who understands this issue throughly. Your thought leader will come crashing back down to Earth if and when that happens.
@@JosueJoseph1991 And meat eating has kill much... *much more.* cluging up your arteries! Most of the death in America is completely preventable diet related heart disease... _what a surprise!_ Since Americans eats tons of meat. Coincidence!? 🫀🫀🫀
This is an indictment on mankinds insatiable desire to feed on animals. Thank you for this video and hope people can learn from this info to change for a better world.
Amazing speech as usual! Only in a deeply uncivilized society the lives of sentient animals are objectified and valued to a lesser degree than our taste buds and personal caprice.
@New Forest Pony Well, Aristoxenus and Aristotle both claim that Pythagoras refused some animals or some parts of animals, yet, Eudoxus and Dicaearchus, claim that Pythagoras refrained from all animal product, did not associate with those who butchered animals, and that due to belief that all animals are more alike than not (the word animal is a a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animālis, from anima "breath, spirit"), that we are of same family, all have souls, and we should not eat animals. Metamorphoses is a poem, but that does not mean all is fictional within it. And even if it were not a fiction, how would we know either way? Just the words of others. Whether or not it is truth or fiction, the sentiment has truth.
@Raphael G social injustice is not the same as inter-species concerns. all these animals we eat have been molded to what they appear now. they wont be back to their natural state. And if you are concerned about animals, then you should be concerned about the plants too, so you only wait for the fruits to drop off before harvesting them. maybe you should fight for the flora too. For me, im going to build a meat-processing industry.
Congratulations on doing a Ted Talk, Alex! Animal agriculture is at the intersection of so many issues for humans and animals alike, and it's important to spread the message.
yes! things that many experts like Esther Ouwehand, Rob Wallace and Olga Jonas have been saying for years. i’m so glad you’re bringing more awareness to this issue, thank you :)
Excellent video full of sound reasoning like always. Talking about pandemics without mentioning animal agriculture IS exactly the same as talking about lung cancer without bringing up cigarettes.
Alex and Earthling Ed have been my greatest inspirations, with the most logical, persuasive and comprehensible arguments. Other than ethics, they have provided the best arguments for veganism. This was so well and intelligently put together and spoken that it was a true pleasure to listen.
You just don't think far enough to contemplate why we ought to not hurt animals for our benefetial. In my opinion, the ethics of eating meat isn't more trivial that the very fundamentals of a moral system.
@@tiago9617 Well that depends on how you ground your morality in general. But if you agree that it's immoral to torture a dog for no reason you have to explain why killing and/or torturing animals for the pleasure of taste is any different. I'm sure you would be horrified to watch your neighbor kill cats and his justification would be 'I just love the sound of it'... Why is the sense of 'taste' and different'?
Simple decency and ethics really? I suppose that EVERY vegan would be anti-abortion in this case, because my impression is most of the vegans are pro-choice. Oh what is it? Oh that's different? Here we go into the subjectivity of the whole discussion. Stop crying about ethics and morality when your own hypocrisy can be easily exposed vegans.
The pandemic is one of the many reasons why going vegan is not only a step in the right direction, it is necessary to the quality of life for us... and the animals.
Easy yes, healthy no. Let me ask you a question: Would stop drinking water because the water in your city is polluted. No, of course not. So just because animal factory farming is unethical and horrenous doesn't mean you should stop eating meat all together. Eat organic including meat & organs and cut out the processed man made food. That is healthy not veganism
@@JK-cz1km Well, WHO officially stated that a vegan diet is the most optimal kind of diet for humans. Director General of WHO is vegan himself. Also, I don't know what sports you follow, but you'd be surprised to find out how many elite athletes are vegan.
@@JK-cz1km most of the big health organizations of the world, including the WHO, have declared vegan diets as adequate for all stages of life, including infancy and pregnancy. If the only thing keeping you from going vegan, is that you think you need it to survive, great news, you can go vegan now.
@@classicdoorknob If he can convince Gordon to go vegan and he starts making delicious vegan recipes. Then more people will be willing to accept veganism. I'm all for it, lets do it.
I am not a vegan BUT oh boy I will try to reduce my non-vegan products intake. Furthermore we need way stricter regulations and ethical changes in this abomination called the food industry.
We can talk about it all we want, but who knows how to actually start the process? There'll always be people buying the addictive fast food. I wish someone would take dramatic action.
No, "stricter regulations" are an abomination worse even than factory farming. Instead, think about Alex' recommendation to modify the menu. It may not be the whole solution, but it begins in the correct direction: you.
Very powerful thought, you are a humane in true sense...I am a non vegetarian but I pledge to give up non veg and adopt fully vegetarian diet...Thanks a ton.
Well done? On top of the Covid, nothing to do with us. It’s Capitalism and need for more greed. He forgot all the animal slurry and agricultural chemicals going into our food .
We should start ignore food from corporations. We have to start support small farms, small producers, have a garden if possible. More people would have income and we would have better food. I'm trying as possible to buy local products.
Industrial animal agriculture also increases the risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria and is an environmental disaster ... two more reasons to choose something else on the menu. Well done Alex. Great presentation.
Is the same if you chosen to be vegan, taking away their own foods
HaveGotToGitGud yes it does, when bacteria survive the antibiotic they become resistant and pass that resistance to offspring. The more we use them, the greater the chance of bacteria becoming resistant
Usa, EU, China and others have already limited the use of antibiotics for the factory farms, so you're not right. The resistance may be spread more by metals through co-selection, but they are used in agricolture as well, for their antimicrobic activity. So no actual benefit in changing diet to avoid superbacteria emergency
doesn't just "increase the risk" of environmental disaster.
right now the sixth mass extinction is occurring, primarily driven by mass animal agriculture.
I saw a clip of this on TikTok and someone tried to argue against it by saying that these animals are fed antibiotics. So I had to inform them about the increased risk of antibiotic resistance due to these animals being fed antibiotics in factory farms.
The most important topics are most often those we don't want to talk about.
Well spoken!
Han Hume dharam ke raste me chla n
Chahiye.jaise ki hmare dharam me satvik khana khane ko kha gya hai.and satvik khana khane se kabhi virus Ka host change nhi hoga jnha tak hai.
We often like to point to the things out of our control to complain about. So that we dont have to do anything about it.
I'm so glad Alex has his own Ted Talk. He is unbelievably intelligent and is one of the best youtubers out there.
He's one of my absolute favorites and as soon as I get my health in order I'll be trying to go vegan because of him
@@higgy8030 you got this luv!
It’s part of The Great Reset agenda.
Lab grown meat will soon be your only choice
“YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.”
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
This is propaganda by one of their shills
@@mark-yj5sg am I crazy to eat lab grown meat?
@@ajax1472
I have many grave concerns on science playing god and am genuinely sceptical of the Frankenstein food that vegans seem to be championing.
Genetically modified veg, lab grown meat!
Patented life,
Globalist corporations that take nature and play god to make a profit.
DO YOU THINK THE MEDDLING STOPS WITH FOOD?
Trans humanism is what they have waiting for you.
They are openly saying this in Davos.
This is the Great Reset in motion.
“YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY”
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
A friend of mine was discussing how his two sons studied to become Veterinary Surgeons. They toured a piggery attached to a factory. His sons described in tears that the squealing of the pigs was so obviously from intelligent beings SCREAMING because they knew full well what was going to happen to them. Truly heart wrenching.
😥
An animal killed in a stressful & frightened state produces high levels of POISONOUS cortisal!!!☝️☝️☝️🔥
Eating That meat is super bad for you.☝️😎
@@rexluminus9867 At 9 I saw my pet bull hit in the head with a hammer when I walked in the barn one day. I was in shock and had a headache for 3 days. I used to talk to him very often by the fence on the farm and he like it I could tell. I was lonely and had no friends so I was so happy to have him as a friend. I told my mother I would not eat his meat !!!... They were given some. I will never forget that bull, I forgot to name him. He wasn't that big I thought why would they kill him. What a shock for a 9 years old.
@@rexluminus9867 btw it tastes worse and the texture gets hard aswell becase of stress. if you eat the meat of a farm you will notice the meat is better
Yes, animals know they are going to be killed. In the least they know something horrible will happen to them.
Completely agree. As a healthcare scientist I’ve raised this to the Health Secretary’s office and to a number of NHS leaders, but nobody wants to talk about it.
Keep trying man. One day it'll sink in.
Please continue.
I wrote to Matt Hancock a couple of years ago suggesting meat free day on H of C restaurants. Didn't get a reply. I became vegan nearly three years ago when I saw the environmental impact. This reason never occured to me.
right. Industrial farming, has a remarkable efficiency. One semi truck has LESS energy impact than 30 small trucks delivery to local market. So the real elephant in the room is US. capitalism in a world of 10 billion people may have to adapt and so will we. blame the farmers. or become one.
It makes too much profit to stop it. 👎
Very well done, an important issue spoken about compellingly and with clarity.
That's the only way Alex knows
❤️ ❤️
That's our Alex 😁💯💯
Alex is a LEGEND
He is!
Thank you for using your platform to promote veganism and animal rights as well, Stefania!
Absolutely, his way with words and ability to explain complicated subjects in such a simple way is nothing but impressive. Every activist should strive to communicate like him... Well, I'm trying my best to do it!
Who are you?
You got that right!
A legend calling another legend out for being a legend
I hope Alex´s story is taught on history books as we learn of other philosophers
Been vegan for 5 years, after being a hard core meat eater before that. Every single body of evidence points in this direction. My only regret is that it took me so long to look honestly at the evidence and apply my findings to my own life. There is nothing we like so much as good news about our bad habits, and I’m ashamed to admit that I fell victim to that principle for so many years.
Well done!
Yes!!! I can definitely relate to what you are saying. Thank you for being so transparent.
I think every vegan says that their only regret is that it took them so long. I know I do.
@@juliewake4585 but you don´t have free will!
@@simonlennartz1556 ok then.
This truly deserves the watch time of TEDs 30 million subscribers.
Alex finally has his own Ted Talk.
Tedx isn't exactly a ted talk
@@nriab23 yes very important to note. Any nut can get a tedx talk
@Nyle Haywood Same reason as you.
@Nyle Haywood I’m not trying to say Alex is a nut. I thought this was very good. It should be noted though that he is biased on the subject and that Ted doesn’t actually endorse tedx videos. As to “any nut”, these are put on by all kinds of different organizations. Check out Graham Hancock’s Tedx and see if there is a problem with the Ted name being associated with him. It lends him credibility that he shouldn’t have.
@@spencerbrooks5203 How is he biased on the subject? He used to eat meat.
In the future people will look back on todays treatment of animals and despair.
Exactly!!
Absolutely, future generations will be horrified by what we've been doing to animals x
We already do despair haha
Assuming society doesn't crash, which is more likely than continuous progress. Whether by natural means or self inflicted we will become extinct.
Yep they'll despair and insult us badly.
Thank you for speaking out
The boy reached tedx level. What a hero.
tedx isn't very high a level tbh
@@prelogue6348 Higher level than you or I will ever achieve, so…
almost anybody can do TedX. Alex is a very good debater and he presents his ideas well.
@@prelogue6348 He is high level with some stuff, and not so high level with others, like many other people are. I loved this video, but I find it shocking that he still talks about religion, as that is the most boring topic I could think of in 2021.
@@julius43461 It's not boring until we get rid of it :/
“Simply choosing something else on the menu is all we need to do to bring this horror show to an end.”
Just isn’t true is it
More vegan restaurants! Loving hut is a pick your own menu international franchise
@Kacper Tomasik It really isn't true though. It might be possible to convince some people to go vegan, but not everyone. Only 2.7% of the global population is vegan and I would seriously doubt even a slim majority would give up eating or otherwise utilizing any and all animal products. Humans have evolved as omnivores and we've been eating meat for millions of years. It's genetically hardwired. Meat substitutes aren't bad, but they can never seem to get it spot on in terms of imitating the taste and texture of the real deal. Plus there are nutrition concerns when it comes to a purely vegan diet. Any vegan should probably be taking supplemental vitamin B12, for example. I see all the ethical and human health issues surrounding the farming industry, but I personally can't give up eating meat. I'm too addicted to the taste of steak and chicken. However, as cultured meat starts to get closer to price parity with traditional meat, I'd gladly make the switch. In my humble opinion this, in concert with meat alternatives is the most promising route to reducing the suffering of livestock and poultry in the 21st century.
@@ElAteoMexicano "Plus there are nutrition concerns when it comes to a purely vegan diet." No there aren't. This is a myth. There is absolutely no nutrient that you cannot get from plants or microbes. B12 and Omega-3 you can get from algae. D3 you can get from the sun. etc, etc... Can also just take a vitamin if you're concerned. I mean think about it, where would those animals have gotten those nutrients in the first place? Worst-case scenario we can make these compounds synthetically, but fortunately they are also able to be sourced via plants or microbes.
"but I personally can't give up eating meat". You CAN you just don't WANT to because you value PLEASURE over MORALITY. Source: I used to eat cheese every day before I was vegan. It was my favourite food. Once I realized what was happening and internalized it (a difficult thing to do on your own) I stopped immediately. That moment I completely stopped. I have never once eaten cheese since. You CAN. It's a question of whether you will choose to. You always have a choice to do the right thing.
"Humans have evolved as omnivores and we've been eating meat for millions of years." Actually most prehistoric humans were vegetarian. Look it up. I think that most of the "hard-wiring" comes from growing up eating meat under the guidance of one's parents. Vegan parents usually have vegan kids. Source: my mom is vegetarian, both me and my brother grew up vegetarian. I independently became vegan when I was 25 (I am embarrassed that it didn't happen sooner).
Absolutely true. Sadly, most people are too self-centred and self-deluded to do so. Their pleasure is more important to them than morality. They would rather torture others than eat something else. Lab-grown meat will help this a lot, and better meat alternatives like the beyond burger have been helping too. But eventually we will need to make laws around animal rights, just as we already do around the rights of dogs.
You are a hero Alex. Focusing on making a better world since your epiphany happened. Well, mine happened because of you and I truly hope it will come one day for everyone.
So so refreshing to hear the obvious being spoken!
Alex is the only vegan who convinced me with his arguments. Wonderful.
Look up Earthling Ed if you want some more of those convincing arguments.
As Heiner Tortmann said, Earthling Ed is amazing. He is like a modern-day Socrates. Would definitely recommend his channel!
What separates him from others for you?
@@tantefrusciante And Seb Alex.
@Kevin Qwen- for anyone who continues to live in denial Earthlings, which is available on TH-cam
Absolutely fantastic speech. In solidarity.
i agree with the cow part, these animals really have fellings and we just brutally kill and torture them for our pleasure. For ex i had a cow that was in the family for 10 years but we had to sell because we desperately needed the money, the poor thing started crying while it was being loaded up in a truck. my mom also began crying because she was the one who took care of her for the most part and they created a bond in that time. (thankfully i live in a village so she just went to another household and not in some factory, i also saw her other children once, so she's probably still kicking to this day)
That's really sad, glad to hear that she's probably doing fine though. I can't imagine selling my pet, it's like parting with a family member.
@@ikindoflikemangoes4951 It really is like that, ill add that if she passed away she most likely did from old age, as she was pretty old.
You do know in the real world that animal would have been ripped limb from limb and eaten alive instead of instantly killing it? I dont understand how this is a moral issue at all its either let them roam free and die a horrible cruel death or let them live comfy lives for a couple years with people that tend to thier needs and food then for thier sake kill them as fast and painless as possible so they dont even know they are going to die
@@wptd2689 it's not just about their deaths, they are forced to leave their children which is hard on both mother and child, and from what i know life there isn't ''comfy'' as you describe it. I do respect your opinion and i agree somewhat, but i'd much rather have them die of natural causes and not gutted or battered in the head, and cows also would protect each other if they are in herd, so being eaten alive is highly unlikely.
@@wptd2689 first of all really a tiny not representable percentage amount of animals can live the lives you picture on farms and even there it's far off a painless live, most of them are sent to a slaughterhouse with all the other animals,
I've been at many vigils where you can see the trucks rolling in, with animals full of fear and sadness in their eyes.
Second there are alternatives to farms that make money out of animals, they are called sanctuaries, so it's also not as binary as you picture it. True there won't have endless capacity, but if we stopp exploiting animals the breeding numbers will go down and so the total number of exploited animals.
Third Humans don't have to eat animal products to stay healthy, there are so many other options, that are also way more environmentally friendly. In case you don't live in places where animal products are obligatory to stay alive and healthy I see no good reason to take everything away from a living being just so I can eat a bacon sandwicht.
I love being vegan honestly. I thought I would miss animal products, but I really don't. The feeling of aligning my life with my morals is so much more pleasurable than any food could taste.
Amen to that! I love being vegan 💕
This is too true✨
So moral high ground became idea of whipping out major portion of vertebrate species. Interesting...
@@jacks2222 Youre lying to yourself
@Kenura Medagedara Many would become extinct and population of other species would become significantly less.
One of the most eloquent speakers I've heard in a long time. Always look forward to your videos on your channel, and so good to see you doing a TED talk.
HAS THE GUY FROM THE OMEGLE VIDEO WATCHED IT YET
Hah, I was thinking the same thing :)
Who is that?
@Dozo ! I don’t understand who you’re talking about
@@Ebu26 Alex made a video in which he went on Omegle and spoke to people about veganism. One of the people he spoke to said that he likes Ted talks and Alex said he'd be presenting a Ted talk soon (the video we are commenting under), the guy said he'd watch it. Now that it's been released I (and others) are wondering whether the guy from the Omegle video has, in fact, watched Alex's Ted talk
@@CobaltHanna Ooooh ok, thanks for the explanation
“Choose something else on the menu,” this is why we need more vegan options at cafes, restaurants and wherever prepared meals are offered. Hopefully even more fully vegan businesses can emerge too.
I've eaten a lot of salad and chips when travelling through Europe.
MORE & MORE places are offereing Vegan meals, I have now travelled to 45 countries and all have plant based foods , at least in the cities and big towns
@@christopherphillips8063 you also need to travel less
@@janvanderwesthuizen8661 IT also depends on HOW you travel. Where ever possible I travel by foot, cycle, bus, boat & train.
Yes definitely
Been doing vegan for 54 days since listening to one of Alex's arguments. It's much easier than I thought it would be.
Alex is literally the reason I’m vegan
Not there yet, but he's the only guy to make the wheels turn in my head about it.
Mine as well. His video when he was still a meat eater is the reason why I stopped considering veganism a crazy act to consider it a moral one.
@@ISignedUpJustToBitch You can do it! I’d say the first month as you adjust is the hardest but then you get used to it and feel SO much mentally and physically better
Him, and Earthling Ed 🌱
I cringed so hard during his pre-vegan discussions on veganism. So glad he came to his senses.
Now I hope he’ll finally also gives up his position on determinism and the logical nonsense that follows from it.
Follow this guy, He is intellectually honest
yes and no
Indeed! Anyone daring to talk about what no one cares, definitely deserves to be followed.
honest but not fully informed.. definitely good to have different view points to ponder. Hopefully everyone keeps an open mind..
@@007travelbug not well informed? Did you even watch the sources at the end of the video???
Always.
I could listen to this man talking forever
he has a channel called cosmicskeptic
@@christianakrouche2216 and a podcast called the Cosmic Skeptic podcast! ;)
Blech
My child and his generous love of all beings pushed me to veganism.
Since 2009, I went through a slow process of finally becoming vegan in 2016. If you need any advice about nutrition, just ask. I've gone through various deficiencies since, and I seem to have finally conquered all of them. Magnesium is a very important one, but calcium just as well, so your teeth don't deteriorate.
@@silvergreylion I just eat pears for magnesium
@@patricksarama4963 Prickly pears?
@@patricksarama4963 do you happen to know how much magnesium is in an average size pear, say Bartlett, for common reference.
@@silvergreylion Do you haveany idea what to do if you seem to have a lower than standard tolerance to Magnesium? I take a standard daily recommended dose from a reputable supplement company Non-GMO/ Vegan capsules @ 500 mg's 1x daily & the side effects are... uncomfortable. I was told by an M.D. to up it but it got worse. Plus excess can lead to heart palpitations. Need the muscle support but rather get it from food. Any advice welcome. Thanks!
This video is a gem, and one of the best videos I've seen from Cosmic Skeptic/Alex o'Conner.
I could not be more proud of someone I don't know.
So many of us feel the same about him
This was excellent. You broke down this important topic very eloquently.
It’s part of The Great Reset agenda.
Lab grown meat will soon be your only choice
“YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.”
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
This is propaganda by one of their shills
@@mark-yj5sg "they" can already control meat production, since most of it is part of large economic machine. If we really want to be out of reach from this greedy men, we should produce our own meat, grow our own food and encourage non-electronic money transactions. From biotechnological view point, lab grown meat is about efficiency of meat production.
I sincerely hope we can manage to organise our lives in such a way, that those greedy degenerates from Davos can't touch us. We can only overwhelm "them" with our positive actions, there is no other way to fight "them".
Now we know why he was growing a beard
That's not a beard. Yet... maybe in a few years :)) I'm a fan, I'm saying it as friendly banter
@@costinilie8178 Define beard
Can you tell me why? 😅 I am not watching this video yet.
@@naisa9705 because he looks so serious and professional! :D at least that's what I thought
@@LeneChibi thanks :))
Perfectly put. Factory farming needs to be a thing of a shameful past. Thanks for your eloquence on this matter, I hope this video goes viral.. No pun intended.
Tough topic with lots of tension, but this is a great, articulate, concise position. Very convincing and very important! Wonderful to see O’Connor continuing to grow his base of influence, and to see his words expanded from their moral and theological roots to inciting active change in the world (on their behalf).
Boycotting animal products is definitely one of the most important choices I’ve made in life so far. Thanks Alex for this amazing summery on the issue of animal exploitation.
Going vegan means very little for you, but everything for the animals you save
Very little for me? You mean giving up some of the most delicious food on the planet??
@@TheBlaze4000 compared to the suffering that's spared when chosing not to consume animal products, a few tasty things don't mean as much, wouldn't you agree?
Because i think that's a fair assessment.
Are you saying it's a moral wrong?
@@TheBlaze4000 your right and eatting meat is completely natural for us as humans and primates. Alex might get a guilt trip from it and that his choice not to eat it. but he has no right to try and mandate what other do.
Going vegan actually means very much for a lot of people. The diet is unhealthy for many people because we don’t get all the nutrients we need from a vegan diet and it isn’t practical for most of the human population. I’m all for ethical farming, but going vegan isn’t going to end animal suffering despite how Alex makes it seem.
I hope this gets subtitles someday so I can share this here in Germany with my friends
Thanks Alex, great talk!
You could be the one to put subtitles on the video, I'm sure you would get alex's support 🙌
Or use fiverr to hire a good affordable translator
Alex has done a great job bringing this issue to light and I admire his resolve. Stick with it Alex!
I had followed your videos for several years & been working toward vegetarianism. I thought that I had made some strides in my journey but after listening to your videos again , I realize that I must do more as an individual. Thank you for being the voice for those creatures that have none.
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The world needs to hear this!
Brothers and sisters, let’s open our kind hearts, close our eyes and listen to our brothers words. Much LOVE, everyone. 💕😊💗
Yes, this needs to be discussed everywhere! Mink farms are being banned, because of the pandemic, but if we want to be serious about preventing a future pandemic we need to stop factory farming and also start using less land for farming to allow us to leave wild life alone (surprise, that's by eating plants too)!
People also forget the scramble to slaughter livestock w/ Mad Cow disease. The fear wasn't just that valuable food animals would be ruined, there was serious concern that Mad Cow would make the jump to humans. That's also why mink were slaughtered in the millions last year. As Alex suggests, pandemics are like wildfires and climate change, habitat destruction and concentrated masses of animal monocultures are tender boxes more likely to bring deadly viral "fires" to our doorsteps.
It's impossible not to agree with all your points. Thank you for the talk!
Great talk. I don’t understand why this subject is not on everybody’s lips by now.
In our little societies, we care more about the comfort of our own than the torture and punishment of others.
Maybe because I don’t really care
@@Lumalee you don’t care if the world is affected by a pandemic and so many people die? Good for you.
Angela Vasiliu not what I said.
@@Lumalee People like you. Huh.
... and we have been doing it for so long. No end in sight whatsoever. It probably has to stop. "The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now." A Chinese proverb that I greatly admire.
Inconvenient , but great talk. Hard to argue against his points.
Inconveniet compared to what? That is the important question. Covid is pretty inconvenient, as was SARS, swine/bird-flu, AIDS etc.
Once people actually give it a try, Veganism isnt so far-fetched, and for every person that transitions the inconvenience decreases. There's no easy way of arguing that point either, basic supply and demand.
@@ottosvardstrom1602 inconvenience due to change in lifestyle. Nobody likes change. Particularly when that change means not doing something that provides dopamine. The benefits of veganism are obvious.. but try making a smoker go cold turkey
@@kkall8477 Cold turkey is not the only option first off all. And there are plenty alternatives that are relatively close to the products that come from this industry. So dopamine is a weak argument, as dopaminergic responses can come from basically anything. Including vegan mock meats.
I did it, I went from a regular diet to veganism 3 years ago, it took some time to get over the cravings etc. but its a small sacrifice compared to the benefit for health, environment and the ethics.
Once you really give it some time you’ll probably find yourself wondering how you could every put that on you plate, thats what happened to me anyways.
Everything is a process, this included. And it doesn’t have to be self-torture..
Without getting to deep into it, Id like to think people are just lazy and comfortable. Its a shame that everyone has to suffer for it, unlike smoking that at worst has the people in your direct surroundings affected.
Cheers
@@ottosvardstrom1602 I completely agree. Lazy and comfortable. Easy to cook
@@kkall8477 I quit smoking an year ago. And now I'm frightened to the core of people smoking again in front of me and me getting a relapse.
You’re a bloody hero, Mr O’Connor x
So great to have people as intelligent as you in the movement alex
Another good point is that animals do not have our level of cognition. I mean that an animal in suffering only knows it is suffering whereas any human who is suffering has almost endless resources from within to cope with and even transcend the suffering. A person experiencing suffering can be stoic about it. A person can take comfort in reading, art, music, any activity including meditating and or praying thus distracting self even it only temporarily and sporadically whereas an animal can not.
When I was young, I saw a mouse suffering in a glue trap. It was impossible to save them. After that, I told my mom I would just capture the mice myself. I made homemade traps for them using an old aquarium, then I let them go in the backyard.
After going vegan a few years ago, I thought about that and I knew this is who I am.
Thank you :)
I became vegan, because I empathized so much with insects and tried the most to not hurt them!
That’s why I use snap traps. Quick and humane
@@TheBlacksheepbabe What does humane mean?
Or you could have gotten a cat
Fantastic job! There are people who say they don’t care about animal suffering (other than their pets) when faced with this issue but I don’t think there are many who will say they don’t care about human suffering at all. And as you have pointed out, factory farms can lead to plenty of human suffering as well!
There are also plenty who care about animal suffering but are pretending to themselves that their food comes from happy animals who just want to give up their lives to satisfy the hedonistic desires of humans.
This is one of the best talks of this pandemic and modern time. I would just like to add other, not just food animal farms. We just need to go back to self-sufficient food production and rethink our place and meaning ... And provide that our kids will have healthy Mother Earth to live on.
Much love to the people who are hearing this for the first time and actually listening and considering this. It can be quite daunting to turn your world view around. I love this video!
I showed my parents this video and they yelled at me for “believing in conspiracy theory’s”. We live on a cattle farm and they do these things. I’m beyond confused by my parents.
Wow. Thank you for sharing that. Maybe you will make important contributions to the dialog for animal welfare. I wish you well.
I'm sorry; proud of you for trying 💕
Of course they react that way. What did you expect? That is their entire livelihood!
I can well imagine that this would have been seriously confronting for them.
@@robsengahay5614 no we walk TH-cam on our tv together and I played the video
"in need of an ethical revolution"!! Amazing talk!
Animal Liberation Now
Damn right.
haha no
Animal Liberation sounds like a violation of Human Rights
@@PasscodeAdvance yes you're right, animals not being killed == no human rights..
@@Deathhead68 animals being killed is equal to humans being killed
Animal liberation just sounds to me like PETA or any other terrorist attack, unless it's against the exploitive meat industries then go fight fire with fire
Beautifully put Alex. It’s great to see a brilliantly intelligent and thoughtful person join the ranks of Earthling Ed and Joey Carbstrong.
Discussions like this one are the reason I first subscribed to TED/TEDx. Brilliantly done 👏
Just think of all the suffering we could avoid by leaving animals alone. Not only animal suffering but human suffering, as well.
Let me describe some of the horrible suffering of babies...
@@jannrhoads6930 ???
I live out in the forest at 7000ft. We watch the birds and chipmunks play all the time. The squirrels and raccoons, rabbits, snakes and coyotes. The populations of certain species drop precipitously as the summer goes by. Nature is cruel.
@@IWantMyCountryBack2 and soon nature will have its way with us and we will be decomposed back into the earth. So why is killing humans wrong? Because they don’t want to die. And neither do cows, chickens, pigs, and every other animal on this planet.
My friend, that’s an entire philosophical discussion that is not worth even mentioning on an online format, but I will say this: If you can’t differentiate between killing an animal and killing a human, then there is something that you may need to rethink.
Awesome and always well spoken Alex! Go Vegan!
Stop Lying !!!
About our innate immune system,
Just keep him away from the meat eater who understands this issue throughly. Your thought leader will come crashing back down to Earth if and when that happens.
Veganism has almost killed so many people
@@JosueJoseph1991 And meat eating has kill much... *much more.* cluging up your arteries! Most of the death in America is completely preventable diet related heart disease... _what a surprise!_
Since Americans eats tons of meat. Coincidence!? 🫀🫀🫀
@@JosueJoseph1991 How pls?
This is an indictment on mankinds insatiable desire to feed on animals.
Thank you for this video and hope people can learn from this info to change for a better world.
You are a gift to the movement! Animals absolutely deserve moral consideration, thanks for your work.
Amazing speech as usual! Only in a deeply uncivilized society the lives of sentient animals are objectified and valued to a lesser degree than our taste buds and personal caprice.
"Men dig their graves with their own teeth, and die more by those instruments than by all weapons of their enemies." ---- Pythagoras of Samos
@New Forest Pony Well, Aristoxenus and Aristotle both claim that Pythagoras refused some animals or some parts of animals, yet, Eudoxus and Dicaearchus, claim that Pythagoras refrained from all animal product, did not associate with those who butchered animals, and that due to belief that all animals are more alike than not (the word animal is a a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animālis, from anima "breath, spirit"), that we are of same family, all have souls, and we should not eat animals.
Metamorphoses is a poem, but that does not mean all is fictional within it. And even if it were not a fiction, how would we know either way? Just the words of others.
Whether or not it is truth or fiction, the sentiment has truth.
That's a great quote!
Also espoused by:
George Bernard Shaw
A lifelong vege ⚘🌿
Can someone explain to me what's the message this quote is trying to convey? And how men die by their teeth more than weapons?
@@moatasemkassab4517 It means that most men die because of their own bad choices, for example unhealthy eating or other bad habits.
Seeing all these people who have gone vegan because of Alex makes me so happy. He's an amazing activist.
it would take hundreds of years to change the human demands and consumption. This is a ridiculous talk.
@@grammyyelog it really wouldn’t, all it takes is a little education and people will change their diets in a heartbeat.
@@grammyyelog Social paradigm shifts don't happen overnight. Maybe it will take a couple of hundred years to reach a vegan world - and?
@@grammyyelog Take responsibility for yourself.
Dont worry about anyone else, or blame the fact that it isn’t worth it on not doing anything.
@Raphael G social injustice is not the same as inter-species concerns. all these animals we eat have been molded to what they appear now. they wont be back to their natural state. And if you are concerned about animals, then you should be concerned about the plants too, so you only wait for the fruits to drop off before harvesting them. maybe you should fight for the flora too. For me, im going to build a meat-processing industry.
Congratulations on doing a Ted Talk, Alex! Animal agriculture is at the intersection of so many issues for humans and animals alike, and it's important to spread the message.
Impressive job Alex!!
We're all so very proud of you. What a journey, and you made it to TED!
Keep up the great work!
Thank You for your voice of reason!
Convincing arguments. Well spoken
yes! things that many experts like Esther Ouwehand, Rob Wallace and Olga Jonas have been saying for years. i’m so glad you’re bringing more awareness to this issue, thank you :)
All humans should watch this
Excellent video full of sound reasoning like always. Talking about pandemics without mentioning animal agriculture IS exactly the same as talking about lung cancer without bringing up cigarettes.
Alex and Earthling Ed have been my greatest inspirations, with the most logical, persuasive and comprehensible arguments. Other than ethics, they have provided the best arguments for veganism. This was so well and intelligently put together and spoken that it was a true pleasure to listen.
Simple decency and ethics should be reason enough to live vegan, but this is another compelling reason.
You just don't think far enough to contemplate why we ought to not hurt animals for our benefetial. In my opinion, the ethics of eating meat isn't more trivial that the very fundamentals of a moral system.
@@tiago9617 what?
Why we ought not to eat animals? Is what I'm asking to you. Is it because is morally incorrect and if is why? How to define morally incorrect?
@@tiago9617 Well that depends on how you ground your morality in general.
But if you agree that it's immoral to torture a dog for no reason you have to explain why killing and/or torturing animals for the pleasure of taste is any different.
I'm sure you would be horrified to watch your neighbor kill cats and his justification would be 'I just love the sound of it'...
Why is the sense of 'taste' and different'?
Simple decency and ethics really? I suppose that EVERY vegan would be anti-abortion in this case, because my impression is most of the vegans are pro-choice. Oh what is it? Oh that's different? Here we go into the subjectivity of the whole discussion. Stop crying about ethics and morality when your own hypocrisy can be easily exposed vegans.
Love Alex O’ Connor
Absolutely spot on. I hope that COVID-19 is a catalyst for the popularity of a vegan lifestyle.
It is sort of beginning to be for me. I started this 2021 year from not choosing meat. It's my first step in this revolution
@@JayPixx Awesome
People still eat chicken while a bird flu problem is going on. The ignorance and arrogance is at an all time high
@@JayPixx congrats. Don’t forget to take Fe
@@MsSavyy I take B12, C and D as supplements. Also some bacteria. I feel like I have enough iron in my diet right now.
Support small local farms !
I've been watching this guy since 2017 or so. He's great
Me too. He's the future, in my humble opinion.
So well said
❤️
The pandemic is one of the many reasons why going vegan is not only a step in the right direction, it is necessary to the quality of life for us... and the animals.
not really being vegan is very unhealthy
I will gradually turn into a vegan now.
Your talk is creating an impact. I hope everyone do consider becoming vegetarians gradually.
Considering how easy and healthy a vegan diet is, this really is a no-brainer decision.
Easy yes, healthy no. Let me ask you a question: Would stop drinking water because the water in your city is polluted. No, of course not. So just because animal factory farming is unethical and horrenous doesn't mean you should stop eating meat all together. Eat organic including meat & organs and cut out the processed man made food. That is healthy not veganism
@@JK-cz1km Well, WHO officially stated that a vegan diet is the most optimal kind of diet for humans. Director General of WHO is vegan himself. Also, I don't know what sports you follow, but you'd be surprised to find out how many elite athletes are vegan.
@@JK-cz1km HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@@JK-cz1km most of the big health organizations of the world, including the WHO, have declared vegan diets as adequate for all stages of life, including infancy and pregnancy.
If the only thing keeping you from going vegan, is that you think you need it to survive, great news, you can go vegan now.
Wow, all that I see is bunch of slaves taking authority at face value. No critical thinking whatsoever. Frightening.
As you are watching this, another outbreak of bird flu in German poultry farms happens.
I've heard about it a couple of days ago, but how bad is it? Does it spread quickly?
India's seeing a bird flu outbreak as well
@@chandir7752 - It's influenza. It spreads quickly as a matter of course, and thousands die annually (less than COVID).
Classic factory farming
Really? Who sais so? Bill Gates, Rockefeller and their vaccinologists?
So happy to see Alex on such a big platform. You cannot be stopped👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank goodness, I expect we'll be hearing from Alex O'Connor for along time to come.
This was a very useful video! This should have more than 8 views! It is very underrated!
(By the way, congraulations on 30M subscribers!)
U know it came out about 7 mins ago right? It will gets its views eventually
it just came out
I know!
Alex is amazing, this is so important to be said!
Great work Alex for getting on this global stage. So excited to share.
Food for thought , you are right , this is hidden from us all .
only hidden to those with their eyes closed...we need to support REGENERATIVE farming now!
Outstanding Video!
alex should do a conversation with gordon ramsey about veganism
Sounds like a brilliant idea. This needs sharing (y)
@@classicdoorknob If he can convince Gordon to go vegan and he starts making delicious vegan recipes. Then more people will be willing to accept veganism. I'm all for it, lets do it.
Gordon had a talk with sadguru about veganism 😎
Omg, does Gordon use his insults in formal debates? I really want to see how that turns out!
How you gonna do that? You're @@justaguy6216
I am not a vegan BUT oh boy I will try to reduce my non-vegan products intake. Furthermore we need way stricter regulations and ethical changes in this abomination called the food industry.
Stricter regulations? No, we need to just get rid of the industry all together.
We can talk about it all we want, but who knows how to actually start the process? There'll always be people buying the addictive fast food. I wish someone would take dramatic action.
No, "stricter regulations" are an abomination worse even than factory farming. Instead, think about Alex' recommendation to modify the menu. It may not be the whole solution, but it begins in the correct direction: you.
@@davefx7949, how are 7.7 billion people going to eat without the food industry? Are we going back to hunting individually?
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Learn like the Amish! They got it right!
This guy is a weapon the way he uses his words is so perfect and impressive, his “just for a Big Mac “or “just for a omelette” was brilliant
Seriously considering going vegan rn
Do it. He only barely scratched the surface of the reasons to go vegan.
@@PickledShark I would do it if I wasn’t religious because if god sad it’s moral then it’s moral. If you are an atheist however, What’s your excuse?
Or you could just go with halal meat or kosher meat 🤷♂️
@@Puddle_duc Your god says a lot of immoral things are "moral".
@@khiarahmed4045does halal or kosher meat mean its raised in a different way than what is described in this video?
WE HAVE THE MORAL OBLIGATION TO STOP ABUSING ANIMALS FOR TASTE PLEASURE.
Very powerful thought, you are a humane in true sense...I am a non vegetarian but I pledge to give up non veg and adopt fully vegetarian diet...Thanks a ton.
He is actually advocating for veganiam which is why he talked about the milk and dairy products. That said, welcome.
That's great! The future is vegan or there will be no future. ^_^
I suggest starting with soy milk. It's pretty nice actually, and easy to get.
Go you!
@@4dragons632 Agreed. Oat milk is also pretty nice and environmentally-friendly.
Your powerful intellect, and noble nature have never been so in need as they are now Alex, thank you so much.
Commenting for the algorithm. Great work Alex!
He had to let his beard grow out so people who know nothing about him don’t just write him off as just a kid at first glance XD
Lol, exactly my thoughts. I think he should keep it though, it looks good.
@@metalmaniac5668 yea it does. Marks a new era in his life lol
He'll always be the genius atheist kid worth admiration to me :)
Well done? On top of the Covid, nothing to do with us. It’s Capitalism and need for more greed. He forgot all the animal slurry and agricultural chemicals going into our food .
This young man makes me so so proud and hopeful for the future. Vegan hugs to all from Canada ❤️🌱❤️🌱❤️🌱❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️🌱❤️🌱❤️🌱❤️
We should start ignore food from corporations. We have to start support small farms, small producers, have a garden if possible. More people would have income and we would have better food. I'm trying as possible to buy local products.