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Extra trigger warning: There is some brief mentions of harm to animals. No real animals were harmed. This is just a hypothetical.
Let's pretend that there is a neurotransmitter that allows people to taste chocolate. Chocotin.
John is a chocoholic. However, due to a recent condition, his brain no longer produces chocotin. Therefore, he is unable to taste chocolate.
John discovered a scientific study that found that puppies, when tortured, produce chocotin.
John then starts keeping puppies in his basement in cages. He then harms them just enough for them to produce chocotin, before killing them and harvesting the chocotin.
He was caught and put on trial. The puppies that were still alive were rehomed safely.
When asked why he did what he did, he said that he couldn't live without chocolate. When questioned, he asked, "but how is this different from eating factory farmed meat?"
Does he have a point?
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Cassini
[I am not a vegan activist. This is just another thought experiment that happens to discuss the topic of factory farmed meat.
I also do not condone factory farmed meat. I actually don't eat meat.]
To an extent, he does have a point. People who willingly[emphasis on willingly] purchase factory farmed meat do indirectly support animal cruelty in a capitalist society.
However, John was only torturing puppies for himself. Factory farms, as horrible as they are, are a sort of necessary evil in order to feed a large population.
If John stops eating chocolate, then all of these puppies would be saved. If one person stops eating meat, then someone else will just eat the meat for them.
Basically, factory farms have become too big, and we would need a large amount of people to stop eating meat in order to stop them.