We have to do it. Some of us have to do it in different ways. Doing small things where you can is all well and good but literally none of us are making a single impact in capitalism by making different choices about how we're forced to participate in it. Focus on tearing it down together rather than picking apart individual choices because those individual choices still result in participating in capitalism.

  • VYKNIGHT [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Slaughterhouses, factory farms and whatnot are still going to run even if you turn Vegan. You're not freeing animals from cruelty by not eating meat, just like how you're not freeing kids from sweatshops by not wearing sneakers. Unless you're that confidence in your buying power as a consoomer like a :LIB:

      • VYKNIGHT [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        With this in mind I will stop ordering packages from amazon to exercise my power as a consoomer.

        • Punk [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Have you just learnt the definition of a boycott lol?

            • Punk [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              There's no one organising technique that "works" what does this even mean? Boycotts are absolutely effective at raising consciousness as part of a wider movement

      • EthicalHumanMeat [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Actually, it doesn't change anything because the markets aren't responsive enough to adjust how many animals are slaughtered based on a single person's day-to-day consumption habits.

        The comparison to child labor is apt.

        Sorry if that makes you feel less morally superior.

      • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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        4 years ago

        "You see, it's bad, actually to give money to homeless people because it's a temporary fix and won't long term solve homelessness"

        • ennuid [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          That immediately alleviates the suffering of another human being, however insignificantly, making it categorically different than simply being vegan

          • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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            4 years ago

            :thinkin-lenin:

            Didnt realize the immigrant slaughterhouse workers who get PTSD from their jobs weren't humans who were suffering.

            Please tell me more about your empathy for fellow humans tho :)

            https://www.texasobserver.org/ptsd-in-the-slaughterhouse/

            • ennuid [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Your not eating animal products does jack shit for those people, sorry

              A comparable action to giving a homeless person money would be fostering animals or donating to orgs that help animals