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.
If you think supply chains all the way to the end (or, the beginning, rather), even vegan staples are not fully “vegan” (think small animals killed during harvest, directly or indirectly). Keeping this in mind, Veganism (like most things in life, really) is not about perfection, but rather trying to be the least imperfect, which obviously leaves some room for interpretation. As for the specific examples in the OP, only the 2nd one is even worth consideration (I personally do not problematize ordering vegan food at McD’s). The other two are fully byproducts of living in a non-vegan world, and cannot be helped (directly).