Veganism in the capitalist system.

In recent years, vegan practices have had a spectacular boom. More and more people stop eating animals and look for another model of consumption. Furthermore, the issue of the release of animals has taken a place in the areas and minds previously unthinkable. The point is that these factors have taken place: first, what to buy has been decided and then thought has been given on the basis of the problem.

Little or nothing has been heard or read about the problem, that is to say about specialism. The echoes of veganism have been listened to in advance, instead of listening to the echoes of animal oppression. This has had a clear conclusion: instead of creating a strong political fighting movement, consumers who have changed their shopping baskets have appeared. Vegans are becoming more and more, while the organized movement on the street is still small.

The system wants everyone at home, thinking that the shopping cart is an effective tool for fighting, without disturbing anyone. Despite the economic damage, changing purchases is not effective: governments continue to subsidise the industry and the amount of meat sold continues to increase year after year.

This has given capitalism time for adaptation, for the acceptance of vegans themselves and, finally, for the detection of a new market niche. We have to be clear that capital has no particular interest in the production of a particular commodity or service. It abandons the opportunity that does not give it an economic benefit and immerses itself in the inexhaustible search for the next one. It is evident that this situation generates a small change; the buying and selling processes that occur within the market will never be transformers. Wanting to change the system through buying implies internalizing the logic of capitalism, which leads to believing in the “power of consumption”. Within this system, that is, believing that there is freedom of choice.

Even if capitalism did not exploit non-human animals, it would still be a system based on exploitation. Who would benefit the animal industry? The owners of the means of production will have no voluntary economic loss, so in a system that works according to their interests, the other exploited subjects would be responsible for this new burden.

Meaning of the word in Basque Country Aberats*. Concept of animal property, accumulation, holding of animals computed as products, raw materials or workforce machines. It shows us the spectrum of capitalism facing each other, showing the scope of private property.

*Rico: Possessor of a great fortune, with a lot of money.

Capitalist veganism will not destroy specism

On the other hand, with regard to specific ideas, it has become clear that vegan capitalism will not end specism. Buying vegetable burgers doesn't change society's imaginary too much. In these 2 products 100% plant, the carcasses of the animals are shown as objects:

What has veganism responded to these situations? Veganism can only be understood as a consequence of coherence, not as a tool for fighting.

Special attitudes are repeated over and over again despite the fact that many individuals are vegan. What needs to be questioned is the way we relate to other animals. How much interest is excluded every time a road is built? When are forests burned? How does the expansionist model affect you?

Animals are not just in supermarkets, the social model affects them in every way. We need a paradigm that revolutionizes specialized thinking, that doesn't cover the world of cement every day. Obviously, the problem is not small, so it will not only be possible to change living habits. The collective struggle is necessary, with the rest of the popular movements, for the liberation of all animals.