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David Wiggin's avatar

Veganism supersedes all branches of politics and, of course, religion.

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Calling All Vegans's avatar

I like this. I think you’ve nailed it. We need to be highlighting the benefits of being vegan in terms that everyone can relate to. We need to stop bashing people about how wrong they are and show them there is an alternative. That’s hard though.

Believers can protect the work of their Creator by going vegan.

Businesspeople can take back some of the power from the mega corporations.

At a stretch, we could even highlight the peak of human superiority as being the fact we no longer need to consume a product resulting from torture and abuse. Not to mention the health benefits! Though we do need to be careful not to threaten their feeling of power and “primal instinct” to eat animals (that someone else killed for them).

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CAN FICTION HELP US THRIVE?'s avatar

Hi Natalie,

Because you are active in supporting anti-animal mistreatment.

Our work is trying to shed light on the absurdities of the current system in creative ways. I like to view it as fiction for sustainability. I would like to invite you to have a look at our novella here. It has sparked some interesting academic discussion already.

A small briefing of the book -"The Jacksons' Debate explores the ethical complexities of interspecies relations through the lens of an advanced alien civilization called the Jacksons. The novel challenges readers to consider how easily a more advanced civilization might view humans as a resource, mirroring humanity's own treatment of other species on Earth."

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228994545-the-jacksons-debate

I would much appreciate if you were to give the e-book a go. It does push up its ranking and supports its continuity.

Considering the current socio-economic mayhem, I had this extra chapter published on my Substack as a side note to the story, which I invite you to read to get to know a little bit about how this fictional world is presented.

https://canfictionhelpusthrive.substack.com/p/the-jacksons-debate-economics

Thank you.

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Byte Back's avatar

'Political' - YES.

Party 'Politics' - NO (Not a good idea)

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J. Mikael Olsson's avatar

In Sweden, my impression is that the interest in questions about animal treatment has diminished among progressives. I hope it's not the same elsewhere.

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