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Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.

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Vegan Company Guide

Vegan Statistics

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's really not that surprising. There have always been activists who lack a consistent worldview. Whites only unions, communists in favour of colonising etc.

A lot of people genuinely don't see non human animals as even remotely comparable to a human, and often react with intense indignation at even the merest suggestion of comparison. This was, often very cruelly, patterned into them at a young age. I have hope that most will come round, after all we all did and idk about you but I am a garbage fire of a human being.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There's always 3 parts of someone's politics you have to take note of:

Economic base (progressive economic system vs. status quo and reactionary economic system --> eg. socialism vs. capitalism)
Superstructure at home (culture + gov't issues --> eg. racial equality struggle + liberal democracy's struggle between elected and appointees)
Foreign Policy (critical support of ideologically-aligned gov'ts, if not strategically-aligned ones, against larger evils)

And if at least one part of someone's ideological thinking are very much hostilely contrary to the rest of 2/3, they should rethink their entire viewpoint on why it is so