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This is not the way to fix anything. It's a temporary band-aid on a problem (industrialized mass murder on a scale which makes all other human atrocities combined seem insignificant), that will only get worse with time if not kept in check.
I agree with you that individual veganism is not the (full) solution. And I even agree with you that reducing meat consumption is a good (albeit small) stepping stone towards the solution (kinda like getting someone left-of-center elected, or divesting from Israel financially). However, the full solution is banning animal agriculture entirely.
The fastest way to achieve that is to make alternatives to meat as good and affordable as possible so that people will choose them over meat for selfish reasons.
Similar to how green energy is now a serious cost contender to coal.