andrewxvx asked: I addressed that by talking about convince stores. Of which (especially in the lowest ecominic standing: ie. shanty towns for migrant workers, etc) you can still buy cans of beans and vegetables. The quality of food may not be the same by any means, and that is why health concerns are such a problem is the low socio-ecominic sector, but the shortage of sustainable food doesnt mean one can't choose what to eat.
For every meal, canned beans and vegetables! There is sure to be health problems that arise from the lack of diversity in that diet. Can you imagine trying to live on canned beans and vegetables for the rest of your life? It’s simply an absurd request to make of someone struggling to survive under capitalism.
But is that how we transform society? Is that how we dismantle the systems that act as barriers between people and healthy foods? Do we do that by blaming people for the circumstances they’re born into? Does social change happen when people make the right purchases? Do systems of power/oppression/domination disappear when enough people start making the right decisions at the supermarket? Can we please do away with liberal notions of consumerist superiority?
If you want everyone to be vegan, fight for a world where everyone has access to the resources/food needed to live a healthy life. Such a world can’t exist under the power structure. Such a world can’t happen outside of collective action and the abolishment of a class stratified society.
When people speak about “choice” as if everyone has the opportunity and luxury to choose among several options, than we make the reality of poverty invisible.
EDIT: This isn’t an “attack” on you Andrew. To me, if we can’t question and deepen our analysis than what’s the point of even bringing up anything “political” on the internet. I find that the internet is just like any other medium of communication, even when others downplay the potentially constructive dialogue that takes place on here.
