2 hours ago · Culture · 0 comments

I am simply and passionately Done with people telling other people that what they do to survive is unethical. The argument is always based in "alternatives" that not everyone has. "Just eat plant-based foods:" because those are freely and cheaply available everywhere? Because grain, fruit, and vegetable farming isn't exploitative of sentient beings or the environment? Because you can overcome your allergies and aversions if you care enough about cows? "Just get a better job:" because jobs that pay a living wage are just lying around for the taking? Because being trafficked is a choice? Because things like "eating" and "not dying of exposure" can wait until you convince someone to pay you for something you're not ashamed to do? "Just don't give money to--" yeah, okay, sure. A handful of vast conglomerates own everything on earth. Even if you can live naked in a field eating nothing but organic native grasses (which, more power to you), you're still going to have to pay taxes to a…

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