I think it’s sort of a “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater” situation," like “vote with your wallet” is stupid because that’s not the solution, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless. As an example sun chips tried recyclable paper packaging, but people complained it was too loud and they sold less, so they went back to plastic. Same thing with meat, if no one bought it no one would sell it. That is never happening, but that doesn’t mean one individual can’t still make a big difference with their choices.
It does feel pretty bad fighting for that though, because now I’m fighting my neighbor for eating his favorite breakfast instead of the machine that made it so immoral. I see veganism the same as leftism, you make changes in your life where you can to help, but the most important is get organized, get people talking, and get people voting and working for actual change.
I mean if like some vegans you believe animals have equal or at least similar worth to humans (I’m a bit of the latter), then as it stands we are subjugating and torturing them every day on a scale 100x that of slavery. It is literally slavery + worse living conditions than most slaves had + torture + death, which is why I don’t see it as a far fetched comparison.
Hey don’t knock philosophising till you try it, sometimes it leads nowhere but sometimes you learn a lot from it :P
I think it’s sort of a “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater” situation," like “vote with your wallet” is stupid because that’s not the solution, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless. As an example sun chips tried recyclable paper packaging, but people complained it was too loud and they sold less, so they went back to plastic. Same thing with meat, if no one bought it no one would sell it. That is never happening, but that doesn’t mean one individual can’t still make a big difference with their choices.
It does feel pretty bad fighting for that though, because now I’m fighting my neighbor for eating his favorite breakfast instead of the machine that made it so immoral. I see veganism the same as leftism, you make changes in your life where you can to help, but the most important is get organized, get people talking, and get people voting and working for actual change.
I mean if like some vegans you believe animals have equal or at least similar worth to humans (I’m a bit of the latter), then as it stands we are subjugating and torturing them every day on a scale 100x that of slavery. It is literally slavery + worse living conditions than most slaves had + torture + death, which is why I don’t see it as a far fetched comparison.
Hey don’t knock philosophising till you try it, sometimes it leads nowhere but sometimes you learn a lot from it :P