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Most of plant based leather uses a lot of polyurethane (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Why would you call something "plant based" when it uses a lot of plastic which after short time degrades and exposes it to the environment?

let's see who you really are meme; first image: plant based leather; second image: PU
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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Herdbeasts are sentient: they are "others".

They don't want to be slaughtered: we care more about using meat from their bodies for a momentary meal than we care about their lives-themselves.

That is OUR values.

& our being sociopathic doesn't make sociopathy universally-right or universally-valid.

( I'm not vegan, but universe has beaten learning into me until I've come around to seeing the prejudice in our whole "civilized" "relationship" with reality )

TTBOMK, vegetable-tanning isn't done as much because it costs more.

& the original person's comment about chromium-salts looks spot-on, & was ignored by your counter.

Just pointing out some stuff for objectivity, is all: integrity's a precious-resource, & it takes all of us being loyal to it, to make it remain in our world.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    They don't want to be slaughtered

    there is no proof they know that they, themselves might die. they don't want to be slaughtered any more than they don't want to be ceo of beyond meat. they don't know it's even a possibility.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I can definitively agree on the explanation stated infering the second point. However, it is an aspect which needs further clarification, like op said: "someone else's skin" is usualy interpreted as human directed (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/someone). This essentially introduces double meaning within the argument.

    In terms of vegetable tanning your best knowledge is correct, it costs more as it requires substantially more time thats why it is only used for higher end or artisan leather. Additionally, I have stated synthetic tanning which is comparable to vegetable, but not as bad as chromium.

    & the original person's comment about chromium-salts looks spot-on, & was ignored by your counter.

    In regards to that, can you provide relevant information which details it?

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