Obviously we don’t eat products which are the result of non-human animal exploitation, but are you willing to:
- Buy “vegan” products made using the same manufacturing equipment? (Conveyer belts for example, resulting in near certain contamination).
- Buy vegan products made by the same company which produces non-vegan products? (Buying fries from McDonalds, resulting in more capital for McD’s exploitation).
- Buy vegan products from non-vegan grocery stores? (Pretty hard to avoid for most people, especially those on low income).
Curious to know where everyone stands on this.
This is spot on to what veganism is all about. Doing our best with the information we currently have and our current capabilities to ensure the littlest amount of exploration and harm are done unto others implicitly (and explicitly) through our actions. Nobody is perfect and perfect is the enemy of good.
I also firmly believe that this approach is way more likely to get people thinking about consumption in their lifestyles in a positive manner, vs the stereotype judgemental hippie that is often imagined.
Yeah, also good to have this sort of explanation in your back pocket for when someone inevitably asks you about insects and modern human slavery, gives them very little to rebuttal with when they initially thought it was going to be a gotcha moment