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To some people real meat (and animal products) already seem incredibly cruel.

I'd argue most people actually know it's morally wrong and just choose to eat it out of convenience.

How is it morally wrong? A wolf would eat a cow, why not a human eat a cow?

For the same reason it is "okay" for a cat to rape another cat but it is not okay for humans to do that.

Exactly. Or, to put it in fancy philosophy terms, there is a difference of moral agency. You can't assign moral blame to creatures that aren't morally cognizant.

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