askchapo

Thank you for answering. I guess the main difference is perhaps the rational behind it; seems mainly environmental for you; you even mention the survival of our species. While I appreciate greatly the impact veganism has on my carbon footprint, it has never been the trigger for it. It's the animals.

For example the term "animal welfare", like we should take better care of them while exploiting them, but all animal exploitation (outside of, perhaps, survival contexts) is wrong, period. It's not about larger cages or better conditions for animals - it's about them not being used by humans at all. And it goes beyond food, which your comment goes in depth about; it's no leather, no cosmetics tested on animals (even if they don't include animal products themselves), etc.

Also I'm sorry if that part of my comment read as aggressive; I was genuinely curious. But also please think of the animals - watch Dominion maybe (except I tend to agree with other commenters what you described sounds like depression or burnout, so maybe not the best time); not exploiting them and trying to convince other people of doing the same is literally being the voice of the voiceless. They cannot speak. They are objects to the vast majority of people. Yet despite all the carnist normalization and propaganda they are sentient beings - capable of feeling, loving, enjoying life, and they're being tortured in ways worse than most people realize (or want to know, really). And every time one buys leather, or flesh, it means participating in this.