It’s harm reducing compared to exploiting mammals and devastating the environment with ranching and it’s supporting agriculture. Also - you will eat the bugs.
It is at this point, 7 comments deep, arguing over whether or not this is a ‘left’ or ‘right’ stance or otherwise how to classify it, that I am going to suggest that I have successfully produced an opinion which does not easily fit on the traditional left-right spectrum.
For the record I agree with you, all your points as to why this is ‘left’… but I would mostly just call this practical, pragmatic, realistic, something like that.
Yes, that does mesh nicely with ‘material conditions’ and all that, but I still find it amusing that this has generated a bit of a classification argument, ahaha!
EDiT: sorry i kind of stealth edited tjis for clarity, fucked up writst makes typing fun
I could realistically see some movement towards this, I mostly said it’s radical because of the context of this thread in which other people are posting some fairly lukewarm takes.
Exploiting other creatures is anything but left.
It’s harm reducing compared to exploiting mammals and devastating the environment with ranching and it’s supporting agriculture. Also - you will eat the bugs.
The only ones who say that without irony are right wing though so…
Which part?
“you will eat the bugs” right? It’s like their whole globalist dog whistle thing
It is at this point, 7 comments deep, arguing over whether or not this is a ‘left’ or ‘right’ stance or otherwise how to classify it, that I am going to suggest that I have successfully produced an opinion which does not easily fit on the traditional left-right spectrum.
Nah bro, while radical this is solidly left
Advocating for cultural updates to traditional hang-ups regarding disgust over ultimately harmless activities.
Recognition of real-world material conditions and their affects on workers.
Not insulting vegans.
For the record I agree with you, all your points as to why this is ‘left’… but I would mostly just call this practical, pragmatic, realistic, something like that.
Yes, that does mesh nicely with ‘material conditions’ and all that, but I still find it amusing that this has generated a bit of a classification argument, ahaha!
EDiT: sorry i kind of stealth edited tjis for clarity, fucked up writst makes typing fun
Ladies and gentlemen, we got 'im.
I could realistically see some movement towards this, I mostly said it’s radical because of the context of this thread in which other people are posting some fairly lukewarm takes.
Oh gotcha, yeah, it’s tied in with conspiracism about the World Economic Forum and Klaus Schwab that’s based on the standard global elite antisemitism