How do I ethically consume under capitalism? Being vegan is right now one of the only ways I’m being ethical, and that doesn’t yet include buying products that have not been tested on animals. I worry sometimes.

    • uhohOP
      7·
      4 years ago

      But veganism is a shade of more ethical consumption.

      • ghost_laptop
        53·
        4 years ago

        Well, IM0 veganism is more about supporting a movement that makes sense rather than trying to make consumption ethical. Even if you buy vegan products there are workers who were exploited in the production of that good, and throughout the whole process until it reached your store.

        Supporting veganism or environmentally friendly ways of life is not about consuming ethically but rather transforming the way we live so that they can be applied in a post-capitalistic future [implying that this future is better than capitalism].

          • southerntofu
            22·
            4 years ago

            That’s because veganism is not about “other species’ interests”, that movement to abolish human supremacy is called “antispeciesism”. Veganism is focused on a practice (which can be achieved for many different reasons, not all of which are ethical) not politics.

    • ster
      51·
      4 years ago

      sigh There is no ethical consumption. Under capitalism or otherwise, the most ethical thing to do is consume as little as possible