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mere-khwabon-mein:

Only on Tumblr can you make a statement like ‘veganism is white supremacy’ without any sort of qualification and be feted as a wise sage. Like, yes, let’s discuss the exploitation of immigrants and all these other issues that are part of the system that brings food to our tables but these provocative statements are just so so so useless. (I’m also really bored of white ppl tagging random things as white supremacy a la akagoldfish talking about otherkin, because that cheapens the term, but that is another topic)

I’m confused, are these people under the impression that slaughterhouses aren’t staffed by exploited immigrant labor too?  are they somehow convinced that over 99% of meat in the US isn’t fed many times its weight in vegan food before it’s slaughtered?  if one vegan meal has, say, 5 “white supremacy points” then a comparable portion of meat has between 25 and 50, since its production rests on consuming the same resources but consumes 5-10X more, with added labor exploitation at every stage.

the idea that because you can find flaws in vegan ethics their critique of omnivory is somehow invalid is fucking idiotic.  yeah, that tomato was likely picked by a migrant worker.  is your meat-eating ass not eating tomatoes?  do you think a Tyson plant is any healthier, safer, or better paying than a tomato field?  for every single unit of soy that goes into tofu, 9.3 goes in the same weight of beaf, so even if there are bunny rabbits being run over by combines, vegans are killing 86% less of them. 

are these people really that fucking dense, or are they just being self-indulgent?

(Source: konjum-mainakkale)