There is nothing revolutionary in agreeing with the status quo that has been prevalent for thousands of years, no matter how it’s dressed up in revolutionary language.

There is no reason in a post-capitalist society that all members can’t be vegan. Outside of the anti-speciesist arguments, the original article is really about decrying veganism (“In fact, I would go even further and say that anti-speciesm or even veganism, in general, is either supremely arrogant as an ideology or ironically anthropocentric.”).

On speciesism itself, well, they are contradictions that will be resolved in socialism. We exploit animals in capitalism because it comes from a long tradition of making them perform labour for the benefit of humans. What is the argument to continue testing pharmaceuticals on animals in communism? What is the argument to eat meat in communism? Socialist countries consistently protect the environment better than capitalist countries.

Speciesism will resolve itself when the material conditions send us past having to exploit animals for our benefit.