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Kepism
The parasitic dependency of human animals on non-human animals, regardless of suffering or what the animals could want.
Rooted in the foundational theory of early vegan pioneers like Leslie J. Cross, it is the systematic practice of treating sentient beings as commodities or resources.
A "kep" is any act or idea cutting animals out of the moral community—such as treating a cow as a resource or wearing a cow's skin as a fashion item. Like a pickpocket stealing without pain, it focuses purely on the "taking" which reinforces the parasitic dependency. It relies on euphemisms (like calling mass-slavery-camps "factory farms") to keep exploitation invisible.
Coined by V. Seethaler in 2025.
Rooted in the foundational theory of early vegan pioneers like Leslie J. Cross, it is the systematic practice of treating sentient beings as commodities or resources.
A "kep" is any act or idea cutting animals out of the moral community—such as treating a cow as a resource or wearing a cow's skin as a fashion item. Like a pickpocket stealing without pain, it focuses purely on the "taking" which reinforces the parasitic dependency. It relies on euphemisms (like calling mass-slavery-camps "factory farms") to keep exploitation invisible.
Coined by V. Seethaler in 2025.