a firestorm on X ensued ... it mostly came from users who seem to be on the far left of the political spectrum.
The far left of x dot com, huh. I'm sure they're gratified to know that their opinions matter to someone.
this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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Many people just don't have empathy for anyone who doesn't look like them. It's a lot easier to tweet slogans and passively hate the president than it is to eat something else.
To eat something that wasn't someone 😕
No no no, you see, i'm against bad oppressive systems of violence, but this one is an acceptable oppressive system of violence because it's just necessary!!
People refuse to accept they may have to be inconvenienced to live in a better more sustainable society.
Something something billionaires on jets (who graciously allow me to shirk responsibility)
on X
why are non-nazis hanging out on the nazi platform?
“no ethical consumption under capitalism,”
As usual: clowns.
The user concluded that “if you care about animals, the position to take is anti-capitalism,” without any explanation as to how the end of capitalism would also bring about the end of animal cruelty. (Capitalist countries don’t have a lock on cruel food systems — in response to the post, Vox contributor Jan Dutkiewicz pointed out how East Germany and other socialist states adopted intensive factory farming in the second half of the 20th century.)
Precisely. If anything, the part of the 1989 revolution, at least in Romania, was because the industrial CAFO system was failing to "produce" enough and the animal products were also being exported. People were super angry that they couldn't get animal products, while the (partially?) soy-based mock meats were seen as a scam. It's a big clown show.
Westerners are experiencing more of this situation now with the "grocery price inflation" going on, and instead of saying "capitalism made me do it" like before, they're going to riot or vote in fascists. The "leftists" too. Bunch of clowns.
