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Rules

No plant-based diet bullshit or promotion of plant-based capitalism. Veganism isn't about you, it's about historical materialist anti-speciesism, anti-racist animalization, and animal liberation. Ethical vegans only.
No omni apologists or carnists. Babystepping is for libs, and we're not here to pat you on the back. Good faith questions and debate about how to fight for animal liberation are allowed.
No advocating violence to any species for any reason. If you think this is negotiable GTFO. This includes but is not limited to animal testing, slaughter, and mass euthanasia. Anything that promotes speciesism or the commodification of animals will be removed.
Use Content Warnings and NSFW tags for triggering content. Especially if a comrade requests it.
Questions about diet belong in c/food. It's also a great place to share recipes.
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Resources

Animal liberation and direct action

Animal Liberation Press (ALF)
Wiki on Ethical Veganism
Wiki on the Animal Liberation Front
Wiki on Total Liberation
Different approaches to AL direct action
Earth First! manual and tactics
Support prisoners of conscience: Vegan Prisoners Support Group (UK)
If someone tells you to put some paint on your hands, tag some buildings and then go turn yourself into the police - your "rebellion" is a fucking op

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[CW: Beef Numbers/Vegetarianism] Westerners: India is majority vegetarian, India in 2015: (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

a lot of indian cultural diets are vegetarian based which has a minimal impact on greenhouse emissions and makes food affordable to a lot more people. in a post climate change world any surviving civilizations will have to adopt similar diets because the costs of producing meat will be too high to maintain.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

egetarian based which has a minimal impact on greenhouse emissions

This is demonstrably false,

even if you account for the land use and GHG consequences of each beef and dairy independently

Are you a vegan?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

TIL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here is another study that seeks to evaluate the impact of various diets on multiple things (GHG emissions, land use, water use, biodiversity, etc.) https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00795-w. You’ll see that a vegetarian diet although better stays close to that of a low-meat eater (and fish-eater) regarding GHG emissions, land use, biodiversity and eutrophication. A vegetarian diet is clearly not good enough.

The only realistic solution for our food system to become sustainable is to switch to a global plant-based diet. Furthermore, individually, the most impact you can have on climate change is by switching to a plant-based diet. Basically, I think we need to both transtition to clean energy and a plant-based diet.

I also happen to think sentient beings should not be murdered or exploited. That’s why I advocate not only for a plant-based diet but for a vegan life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

i see switching to a plant based diet as the yin to the renewable energies yang to stave off climate change as much as possible as well as perpetual efforts-for-life since they both require A LOT of change on my part and probably for a lot of others a well.