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I think its implied by your words that the vegan diet must be carefully planned.
It is something I said out of an abundance of caution, but that doesn't mean the diet is particularly difficult if you live in a place with a wide variety of foods, which is the case in most developed nations. You just need a small variety of legumes (beans, lentils, peas), grains, vegetables and fruits, with nuts and seeds as supplements.
You could create a perfectly adequate Vegan diet with only a few basic foods, and it doesn't necessarily cost alot money. In fact in most cases, it will cost far less. I don't spend alot of money on my diet, in fact my diet is far cheaper than it used to be as an omnivore. Beans and lentils have been mostly immune to the recent inflationary pressures affecting meat and processed foods.
And even vegan gurus say that it must be supplemented. Which is a luxury somebody in the most developed countries maybe can somehow do, but not common people all around the world.
B-12 is one of the cheapest supplements you can buy, costing only a few pennies per day. Again, it's recommended out of an abundance of caution. There are plant based sources of B-12 like mankai (duckweed) or chlorella, they just are uncommon in the developed world as actual foods.
Animals raised for meat in countries like the US and Europe are usually given B-12 as a supplement. B-12 isn't made by animals at all, it's made by bacteria and absorbed by animals and some plants.
Most people eat what they have around them. From rice every day to oreos, fries and sodas every day (yep, junk food people are basically vegans, too). The vast majority of plant based diets would be unhealthy even in your eyes.
That's an argument for combating poverty and junk food, not an argument against Veganism.
That's the reason there are no vegan natural cultures. Veganism as a culture requires modern technology to provide a year-round viable diet.
Veganism is bounded by practicality. Here is the official definition of Veganism:
Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.
While Veganism in its modern form took shape under Donald Watson in the mid 20th century in Britain, there have been similar ethics throughout history.
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