… unless the person works voluntarily, that is.

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    Sure you can make that argument under capitalism, where people are deprived of the value their labor created in order to force them to work more so they may survive. Hence why people should strive for communism. If everyone lived vegan people would be compelled to work as they are able in order to not cause undue burden on others, which again would not be vegan.

    “From each according to their ability to each according to their need.”

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      If everyone lived vegan people would be compelled to work as they are able in order to not cause undue burden on others, which again would not be vegan.

      i don’t quite get your last sentence. what if the person themselves doesn’t want to work?

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        If the person doesn’t want to work how will they sustain themselves? They have to rely on other peoples labor without contributing their own. If people don’t want to subsidize someone else then that person would either have to start working “against their will” or take other peoples labor without consent, which you have already pointed out, is not vegan. So if everyone were vegan that person would be compelled to work as they are able in order to be able to remain vegan.

        Idk its kinda tortured logic when spelling it all out lol

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    Not vegan so correct me if I’m wrong here, but I thought the whole point of veganism was an objection to the non-consensual use of animal products. Humans are aware of the use of their labor and consent to it, exploitation by circumstance notwithstanding.

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    We are also riddled with pesticides (perfumes, deodorants), bred in captivity (social/gender/sexual norms) and - if you’re going to consume us either way - our caloric and nutritional values are abysmal (compared to our alternatives).

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      CW holocaust stuff

      if you’re going to consume us either way - our caloric and nutritional values are abysmal (compared to our alternatives).

      Well you can still make leather from human hide and other human-based products. That’s what the nazi’s did with their prisoners. The whole work camps where basically human agriculture where they were maximising the profit the could gain by minimizing the cost of sustaining the labor-power. They were calculating how much calories people need in order to do exactly the work required and nothing else so they could save penny’s on food. That’s why they started experimenting with human leather, in order to recoup some of the costs by creating commodities from the corpse a laborer left behind etc. It’s really was the same mentality that goes into dairy farming or chicken or really any animal agricutlure ever.

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      yeah but do you go to work voluntarily? would you still do it if you didn’t need the money? if so, then yes, it is vegan.

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        I go to work for money (in the job I chose), and I get money, i call that a fair deal. If I was owned by someone, was forced to work, and would not get paid in return, I would be a slave. I mean what do you think it should be like? I don’t go to work and I get paid anyways? Who makes the shit I buy with the money then?

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          Sorry to burst your bubble, but if your work’s payment feels like a fair deal, you’re very privileged when compared to the average human

          Edit: even being able to choose your job is a privilege…

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            The only way someone can work voluntarily is if they have the option to not work and still live with some semblance of comfort and security.

            This means that almost all people are obliged to work.