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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

We already kill cows to eat them. Wearing their skin is just using more of their material.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Yeah exactly. People dont realize that leather is a byproduct of the meat industry. Most of the cost is in tanning and preparing it.

So trust me, there is no shortage of skin to make leather

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago

Except it's rarely the same cows