Veganism seems to fall so obviously out of leftist beliefs, there are definitely other ways to get there but even if you are a speciest animal ag is so wantonly destructive, intensive, exploitative, colonial, and abusive to human workers not being against it is a big question mark.
I want to be charitable to people, I understand that deprogramming yourself can take a while, but when people have been aware that veganism is an option for months/years without taking any material steps… I dunno, are you just a treatlerite mad you don’t have enough treats?
Has anyone had any real progress making other leftists they meet vegan? I’ve only managed to get three people to permanently adopt the philosophy in my life. None of those were particularly leftist, just justice sympathetic.
edit: I actually want to hear from other vegans in the vegan comm. Shocking I know.
The consumer market has a big part to play. A large amount of the heat-and-eat food that fits into the meal category, instead of the snack category, is full of meat and other animal products. It steers people’s familiarity based on frequency, and the availability bias keeps it going.
The vegan options are often framed as a specialty that can command a surcharge. And of course it doesn’t help that the meat and animal feed industries are heavily subsidized.
I think a big part of the solution is breaking the addiction to convenience, spotlighting really memorable plant-based dishes, and encouraging people to take more agency by cooking these dishes themselves. Big-batch cooking is a revolutionary skill to spread to the masses; everyone should learn it.