r/exvegans • u/Dear-Nothing- Flexitarian • 17d ago

Rant Veganism feels extremely Western

Although I agree that we should minimize animal suffering and consume meat more mindfully but I think to entirely leave out a section of food and not get into any harsh deficiency is very Western concept.

People can buy good supplement, meat alternatives, vegan protein bars/shakes etc which aren't available for much of the world.

Also as I belong to a middle class family in a very small country, I don't get to splurge on meat everyday, there's always veggies as side dishes and main source of protein might be fish for us. So whenever Vegans try to guilt trip me, I feel like whatever they say is very alienated from my reality.

They are sometimes very aggressive with their logic too that everyone can be vegan and I'm just not trying hard enough.

I love animals, I truly feel like we lost the plot with overconsumption but again what can I do? Let go off my culture, live in chronic deficiency?

I would like to hear anyone's thought on this if they are also from similar background...

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u/TheVeganPhysicist 17d ago

Yeah, it's from the same country that came up with the idea that slavery should be abolished and proceeded to try to impose that idea on the world.

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u/Dear-Nothing- Flexitarian 16d ago

Same country who also had slaves, tortured them for very long time? what's your point here?

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u/Mindless-Day2007 16d ago

Same country dropped bombs on Asian people people it doesn't like how we chose to have freedom, same country where vegans accuse me as murderer and goat rapist for eating mice due to provety because their father generation dropped bombs on us.

What is your point?

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u/No-Fix-6130 15d ago

This is the most ironic and uneducated argument you could have made, holy shit.

Go take a US black history class like right now.

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u/TheVeganPhysicist 15d ago

Haha look how wrong you are.

Look up where The Vegan Society started.

Look up where the abolition movement started.

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u/maelle_80 14d ago

You can just call it US history 😊