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The least you can do is look at them for an hour or two of your life
I do wonder how we could even go about dismantling the industry as a whole. It's certainly not feasible under standard capitalism, and seeing how it's a global phenomenon meat and other animal products will just get pulled from another place, not to mention the loss of jobs caused by forcible closure of such industriues.
The most depressing part is that these Australian farms and slaughterhouses, horrific as they appear, are comparatively some of the nicest and most humane compared to the rest of the world, especially the global south or in countries with fewer restrictions. The bar is just that low. A lot like climate disaster, seeing how the sausage is made really makes the entire experience feel hopeless and powerless, seeing as almost everything contributes, directly or otherwise, to it.
This is one of the undersold elements of cutting out animal products - even if you don't believe you're making a difference (individual action or whatever), it really does make you feel better about your place in the world. You're never going to get it perfect but exercising the choice can be liberating. Same with being a politically active communist; it feels good to feel like you're doing something and that's a strategic asset.
I do wonder how we could even go about dismantling the industry as a whole. It's certainly not feasible under standard capitalism, and seeing how it's a global phenomenon meat and other animal products will just get pulled from another place, not to mention the loss of jobs caused by forcible closure of such industriues.
The most depressing part is that these Australian farms and slaughterhouses, horrific as they appear, are comparatively some of the nicest and most humane compared to the rest of the world, especially the global south or in countries with fewer restrictions. The bar is just that low. A lot like climate disaster, seeing how the sausage is made really makes the entire experience feel hopeless and powerless, seeing as almost everything contributes, directly or otherwise, to it.
This is one of the undersold elements of cutting out animal products - even if you don't believe you're making a difference (individual action or whatever), it really does make you feel better about your place in the world. You're never going to get it perfect but exercising the choice can be liberating. Same with being a politically active communist; it feels good to feel like you're doing something and that's a strategic asset.
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Does this mean someone's going to print out and preserve my comment? That'd be epic.