I am a vegan anarchist
because meat consumption is just one of the symptoms
of a larger evil that
pervades our society, which is capitalism.
The disease of
capitalism erodes compassion and makes humans see, not only other creatures,
but also other humans, as commodities which only have value for the profit that
they may fetch
in the market, regardless of all other considerations.
A
capitalist mind-set, not only prioritizes profit, but also terminates
everything else that it sees as not marketable.
Since values are arbitrarily
set by the market,
in a capitalist system, a large proportion of the planet’s
beings, both living and non-living,
are arbitrarily discarded, as the market
sees no value in their existence.
And the ones that are seen as valuable are
most often seen as valuable only for their final value of profit, thereby
leading to horrific holocaust-like conditions for all their existence
until
their ruthless extermination in the name of generating profit.
I am a vegan anarchist
because when an animal or human being or a tree is tagged
to have this value or
that much value, it becomes a one-sided world - a world that is run
by people
whose personal interest is always put at the top,
regardless of who suffers or
dies.
A road worker works hard so the rest of the world could have a pleasant
journey
or so goods could reach their final destination without getting rotten
but is paid meagerly.
Why?
Does his life and work least important among other
kinds of work?
Definitely not!
The same goes to the life of a pig or any other
animal.
Does a pig’s 6-month life worth 10000 rupees?
No!
But the capitalist
mind would say so!
Only a vegan anarchist recognizes that all earthlings have
inherent value of their own,
that the pig’s life is invaluable - a value that
can be determined by nobody.
It can neither be sold nor bought. It cannot be
traded for anything else.
And as long as people put a monetary tag to anything,
whether it’s natural resource or human
and non-human living being,
exploitation, in any form,
will never cease to
exist.
Capitalist systems breed
exploitation over cooperation,
perpetuate control over empathy,
and drive
cruelty, death and destruction over love, life, and protection.
Hence, I am a
vegan anarchist because anarchism is the necessary solution
for transforming
the world into veganism.
