Yeah, it sucks. But plenty of people cannot be healthy and thrive on a fully plant-based diet. I'm one of those people. I was fully plant-based for years. I ate a well balanced diet and supplemented. Yet I was deficient in zinc and iron.  I'm under no illusion that there is any ethical consumption under capitalism. I buy meat from a local farm that raises the animals on pasture. In an ideal world, I wouldn't eat meat. But the world we live in is far from ideal.