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2,500 Years of Veganism: A Brief History
2,500 Years of Veganism: A Brief History
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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
Many people think of “veganism” as a new reactionary trend against what we call factory farming, but for centuries, men and women have been thinking about, writing about, and expressing distress over the violence inherent in killing animals for human use and consumption. My personal veganism is part of a long continuum of men and women – from ancient times until today – who stopped eating animals (and their eggs and milk) not because they witnessed a modern, mechanized, industrialized factory system but because they didn’t want to be part of the brutal and unnecessary process of turning sentient animals into butchered bodies.
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Released:
Jun 27, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Response to: "If you were on a desert island and were starving, I bet you'd eat meat then; I eat only meat from humanely raised animals"; and other statements based on hypothetical scenarios and myths.: Our excuses for eating animals have more to do with how we want to perceive ourselves and less to do with what is actually true. by Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan