1. Veganismo como Colonialismo Cultural.
Algunos argumentan que el veganismo, especialmente cuando se impone a otras culturas, puede ser una forma de colonialismo cultural, ignorando las tradiciones y necesidades locales.
- Vegans need to stop attacking and harassing indigenous people online about their traditional foods and livelihoods. It’s colonialism.
- Telling native people that they cause most of their own problems, and implying that such problems would be solved if they embraced veganism, is disrespectful at best, racist at worst.
- Bc veganism as a movement is based on the gentrification of plant-based cuisines from various cultures through a western white lens while stripping them of any cultural heritage and weaponizing them against other non plant based cuisines. Its culinary colonialism.
2. Colonialismo y la Imposición de la Agricultura Animal.
Se plantea que el colonialismo impuso la agricultura animal en muchas culturas indígenas, alterando sus dietas y sistemas alimentarios tradicionales.
- From what i have read, it seems that colonialism was what brought animal products into many indigenous cultures. So it would be colonialism,not veganism, for folks to direct their anger toward. Veganism so just an easy target.
- I also learned that colonialism influenced more meat consumption like most indigenous africans where my people were kidnapped from mostly vegetarian diets until the colonists showed up.
- Many indigenous communities practice plant-based traditions, and colonialism forced animal agriculture onto them.
3. Veganismo como Resistencia a la Opresión.
Otros defienden el veganismo como una forma de resistencia a la opresión, incluyendo la explotación animal, y como una oportunidad para desafiar la lógica colonial.
- Veganism is anti-oppression. Not a diet. This is a good article about impact of colonialism on food.
- “veganism offers an opportunity to disrupt colonial logic by challenging the most basic building blocks of colonialism, which reduce all life forms to mere objects for capitalist exploitation.”.
- Veganism isn’t about suppressing cultures but rejecting oppression. Fighting all oppression—including against animals—isn’t colonial; it’s solidarity with all beings.
4. El Impacto del Colonialismo en los Ecosistemas y la Biodiversidad.
Se destaca cómo el colonialismo ha alterado los ecosistemas y la biodiversidad, incluyendo la introducción de especies invasoras y la destrucción de hábitats.
- It has been eye opening to realize the extent mass exploitation and desecration of animals is linked to colonialism.
- In australia, we have colonialism to blame for introducing so many destructive flora fauna.
- You think veganism is inherently anti-indigenous, yet the main three species humans eat were all brought to the americas by europeans. Add all the damage to native ecosystems caused by animal ag.
5. Críticas al Veganismo Blanco Militante.
Se critica un tipo de veganismo "blanco militante" por perpetuar lógicas coloniales al ignorar las perspectivas indígenas y el papel del colonialismo en las relaciones humano-animales.
- By failing to recognize the role of settler colonialism in shaping current human-animal relations and ignoring indigenous perspectives, militant white veganism often perpetuates colonial logics and structures.
- I'm leaving bc i'm in the middle of moving and i gotta. But one last note: every white vegan in the us is doing colonialism, even if they don't know it. It comes with being born into a genocidal empire. Veganism doesn't cleanse settlers of their sins. They gotta do more than be vegan. And that-.
- Just because you label ignorant plant based people as "white vegans" doest mean you are engaging in intersectionality it just means youre conflating veganism with colonialism and racism.