Oh, I don't think strictness is the issue here. Sure, very possibly most vegans/vegetarians eat animal products now and then. It's hard to be 100% perfect, given how society is set up right now.
I agree this is a process that will take decades.
I disagree about the criticism. I think those future generations will be horrified at how we so casually accept the eating of animal products, factory farming, and so forth. (And they might feel some unease at the vegans/vegetarians that are just 99% perfect, too.)
The fact it's only a growing fraction right now doesn't mean the future won't be shocked at the majority today. There are plenty of examples where we are shocked by the majority in the past.
Yes, but that's not what we're discussing. We're discussing individualized shame in the future. And for that metric, strictness absolutely matters.
So in 200 years, will they remove the name of someone from our era from monuments or buildings because they weren't vegetarian? Especially considering almost no one was, and the people who claimed to be were mostly lying?
I agree this is a process that will take decades.
I disagree about the criticism. I think those future generations will be horrified at how we so casually accept the eating of animal products, factory farming, and so forth. (And they might feel some unease at the vegans/vegetarians that are just 99% perfect, too.)
The fact it's only a growing fraction right now doesn't mean the future won't be shocked at the majority today. There are plenty of examples where we are shocked by the majority in the past.