Veganism is an ethical philosophy about not being a d*ck to animals, not a religion. If it were a religion, why is striving to do the least amount of harm to animals possible a bad thing?
It's a form of arrogant insanity. Veganism relies on the assumption that it's right, and anyone not on board is wrong.
That's the flaw of every religion on earth, even the ones that don't necessarily push very hard to make others comply with their beliefs (jains, as an example). There's still that underlying arrogance to it.
Now, not every individual vegan is a zealot, this is true. But not every cop is racist, not every republican a fascist in waiting, etc.
But any ism that starts with the principle that it is right "because", with no other arguments possible, is destructive. And veganism is like that, it may not have started that way, but it collects "born agains" the same way other religions do. And they have turned what was possibly just a personal decision to act in a specific way into a movement that attempts to force others into that way.
Humans gonna human, it isn't unique. But pretending that the movement as a whole isn't the same as any religious movement relying on transmitted authority is just silly.
I would also argue that veganism is not about not being a dick to animals. That's just the surface claim. Vegans are rarely okay with gentle treatment of livestock, such as keeping chickens or goats, and only using what comes from them. They're even more rarely okay with small scale dairy, where there's cows roaming pastures and getting milked without any maltreatment involved. And don't get into a debate with one about scavenging when livestock like that dies naturally. That really gets them preachy.
They'll throw out "ethics" this, and "ethics" that, and it all comes back to asking them "who says?", with the answer being that it's just right, and anything else is wrong.
They have decided that their ethical code is the only acceptable one for everyone.
If you think animal abuse is wrong, then being vegan is the only right decision to make.
Unlike most religions, veganism is based on reality - the reality of ubiquitous animal cruelty in factory farms and slaughterhouses.
It's impossible to force another person to be vegan since it is an ethical philosophy. Being vegan requires the belief that supporting unnecessary animal cruelty is wrong, not just following a plant-based diet, and the action of not purchasing any animal products that aren't necessary for one's survival. In practice, it is a boycott and an effective harm reduction strategy.
Because non-vegans purchase the products of violence, vegans are forced to pay taxes that go on to subsidize animal agriculture or face imprisonment and live in communities with reduced accessibility in food systems. It's not the other way around. Think of all the advertisements for animal products a person who is against killing animals sees on a daily basis that are paid for by your dollars when you buy dead bodies and secretions from fast food corporations.
This idea that the animals rights movement is forcing people to follow plant-based diets is ridiculous, and if you're not vegan, you're forcing animals to die. I didn't force you to watch this video. I hope your conscience compels you to do better for animals that are suffering because of you, and if you do decide to cause less pain and suffering to them, that's an internal force.
The breeders for small scale goat and cow dairy operations supply factory farms in most cases. Buying starter animals from these places keeps them in operation.
Animals cannot consent to giving their bodily secretions to humans. Chickens will often eat their own eggs and it improves their health. Cow milk is for baby cows, not humans.
If you buy any animal products from a grocery store, they've come from what you would think is a factory farm. Vital Farms Eggs for instance labels their eggs small family farm sourced, ethical, free range. But the farmers they source from still grind up baby male chicks on their first day of life because they can't lay eggs. They gas the hens once they stop laying enough eggs.
[https://youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko ](This is a documentary called Dominion, it shows the reality of animal agriculture)
Do you think gassing animals to death and cutting their heads off is abusive?
If so, by your own definition, you're are an animal abuser if you're not vegan.
And if you don't think gassing animals to death and cutting their heads off is abusive, that's some pretty serious mental gymnastics.
Would that be a median salary of their state or the country?
"Real median household income was $74,580 in 2022..." FYI 'Real' in this context means after adjustment for inflation. Senators and House Representatives are given a $174,000 salary. The percentage difference between $174,000 and $74,580 is approximately 133.4%. In other words, $174,000 is about 133.4% higher than $74,580.
Ultimately, it would be Congress to determine (since they hold the "country's purse strings,") how much salary they are paid. The US president has the final say if it passes or doesn't.
Index funds, yes of course. Individual stocks, absolutely not. They have way too much power and control and too little oversight to not abuse their positions of authority.
Absolutely, but they should be beholden to the same rules as those impressed by banks to those who work in the financial sector. They should have to provide intent in advance of the buy or sell by 30 days, get approval from an ethics comittee before they make the exchange, and have steep penalties if they do not follow this. Only step I'd add is this event should be publicly available, but that would make it much harder to implement.
It's not rocket science to make a working system for this, they just don't want a working system.
Nah, since even pre announced ownership still gives them an incentive to enact policies that favor that stock.
And with bills taking months to advance, 30 days isn't that much of a buffer.
Outlaw owning or trading individual stocks for politicians. They can put their noncompliant assets into a blind trust, and still own and trade in funds under the rules you specified.
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It’s a problem for US manufacturing. Not everything needs to be built in another country and then put on a boat. You also don’t know if your kettle has been built by Uyghur slave labor.
Seems strange though to worry about a kettle when half the things in your house are made in China. Laptop, iPhone, clothes, curtain rails, toys... sure there are also lots of these not made in China, but I'd take a guess a substantial proportion of them in a substantial proportion of homes are made in China. At least a kettle isn't spying on you (yet), isn't made of cotton (often particular associations with Uyghurs), isn't educational material, food, or medical product. I suppose it could have a lead element, or asbestos in the handle, but that seems unlikely.
I rarely use all four elements on my stove at the same time so 99% of the time the kettle is sitting on an unused element instead of taking up counter space like an electric kettle would.
I'm a tea drinker and have been looking for a good pot that's easy to clean for ages. I have hard water, which leaves a lot of residue behind. And I would like to avoid chinese manufacturing. Currently I just boil water in a small sauce pot on the stove, which doesn't have the ability to stop heating at certain temps needed for certain loose leaf teas.
I have hard water as well and like this one: https://a.co/d/7C7OYlR which I've used for last 10 months so far; fairly easy to clean the bottom where residue tries to build up
Am using a Philips kettle for over a decade and have no plans is stopping. Of course that means nobody will ever buy another so the model is not available anymore. I would still suggest, though.
Hard water is easy enough to deal with. Just use a Britta filter, I live in London and our water is very hard. I've only had to descale my kettle once in the last 4 years since I bought it, which was a mystery until I realized my girlfriend was making tea using tap water.
My kettle is just a 0-100 kind, so in order to do 80-85C for my morning coffee, I use my meat thermometer with the alarm set on 76C. By the time I flick the kettle off and the energy finishes dissipating into the water, it'll be ~82C. YMMV
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