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"We need to do praxis to materially help the working class!"
"Cool. We can start by simply not eating certain foods in order to free up land, reduce pollution, and slow down climate change."
"Nuh uh!"
Because clearly, these problems are solved by our individual actions.
Yes. It's called 'organizing'.
And it works.
I’m from a country with a large meat and dairy industry and right now they are SHITTING THEIR PANTS and pulling tricks worthy of the tobacco industry to try and counter the tide. But it’s all for naught because being at least part time vegetarian is main stream now.
And that’s the key here. The aim is to break the political power of the meat and dairy industry, curtail their insane subsidies and stop them from destroying the planet on the taxpayer’s dime.
For that purpose, it’s important to have broad support and make an economic impact. For the revenue side 100.000 “meatless Monday” libs or 7.000 vegans make about the same impact (assuming 1 to 1 meat/dairy split), but you need to find a way to organize the libs.
This kind of pithy throwaway comments are depressing. No one is saying that it's all down to individual choices. At the same time, individual choices add up into collective movements.
It's like refusing to recycle because environmental threats require collective will and action to be solved. Sure, but at the same time, do your part and recycle your crap.
The need for collective action and solutions does not absolve us of individual responsibility.