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Spirituality: The Enemy of Veganism (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 months ago by zarkanian@sh.itjust.works to c/vegan

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Why is my position of respecting consent and not exploiting animals absurd,

i think it's fine to oppose exploitation. it's absurd to premise that opposition on consent.

[–] AnimalsDream 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't say that I premise exploitation on consent. Afterall I'm being exploited at a minimum wage job, and that is something that I more or less consented to.

But in the case of animals, consent has to play a significant role, because a core part of their oppression is the complete absence of their bodily autonomy. There is a great deal of intersectionality between women's rights and non-human animal's rights.

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Sexual_Politics_of_Meat.html?id=aU28CgAAQBAJ

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t say that I premise exploitation on consent.

i'm saying you premise your opposition to exploitation on consent. and i'm saying that's absurd.

[–] AnimalsDream 1 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't say that consent is the premise of my opposition, just one important component of it. I don't remember this discussion so well anymore, but earlier you had pointed out that exploited workers often do consent to their exploitation - and I would agree that exploitation can occur even with consent.