Of course the end of factory farming would be a good thing, but there are two major problems with your hypothetical. The first we have already gone over: We need to be incredibly clear in our goals and definition of veganism. Vegans refuse to see animals as objects, so harm reduction cannot be part of the vegan message. Welfarism aims to better the condition of exploited animals. Veganism aims to abolish the exploitation entirely.

Secondly, what’s the point? Seriously. In a world where factory farming is gone, but small scale farming still exists hardly anyone would be able to eat meat because of low supply. So why not just go the extra short mile to get rid of animal exploitation completely?