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bix6 19 hours ago

How come veganism is cultural but alternative energy is political? Could one not be the other?

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adrianN 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My washing machine doesn’t care how the electricity is produced, but most people can tell a vegan dish from a steak.

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exe34 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Unless they can't, then they get very angry: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Di55DEnNkUs

It's tied to their identity for a lot of people. The same kinds that will drive a huge SUV to compensate for the hole in their lives where meaning and connection is supposed to be.

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adrianN 19 hours ago | parent [-]

I don’t think that is a majority behavior. Few people consume to own the libs. At least far fewer people than those who just like meat more than they care about their marginal contributions to climate change.

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wookmaster 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A lot of people go into denial/defensive mechanisms if you try and point out what they're doing is bad.

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tstrimple 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Given who the president of the United States is. They are at least a plurality.

	▲	adrianN 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think that’sa harmful oversimplification. You should avoid arguing against a boogeyman version of your political opponents. People vote for crazy candidates for a multitude of reasons. Most people have fairly average opinions on the majority of topics but can only vote for candidates that partially represent their preferences. I for example have fairly radical preferences when it comes to environmental policy but agree more with conservative opinions on other topics. There are no parties in my country that promise to make me completely happy. The broken US voting system amplifies the effect.

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bluefirebrand 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Energy policy is set by governments, which makes it a part of the political sphere

Veganism is an individual choice, and individual choices are generally pushed by culture

Of course culture and politics influence each other in a myriad of ways, but when people start to try and push individual choices like being vegan into the political space it is never very popular

I personally would fight tooth and nail to prevent veganism from becoming a law in my country. Failing that I would immediately make plans to move somewhere else.

That's not something most countries want