Veganism

Veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting animals. It's a recognition that they are sentient individuals who deserve to live free from exploitation, rejection of their objectification and use, and an uncompromising demand for their emancipation from humans.

“The object of the (Vegan) Society shall be to end the exploitation of animals by man”; and “The word veganism shall mean the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals.”

The Society pledges itself, “in pursuance of its object,” to “seek to end the use of animals by man for food, commodities, work, hunting, vivisection, and all other uses involving the exploitation of animal life by man.

The effect of this development is to make veganism unique among movements concerned with animal welfare. For it has crystallized as a whole, and not, as are all other such movements, as an abstraction. Where every other movement deals with a segment—and therefore deals directly with practices rather than principles—veganism is itself a principle, from which certain practices logically flow."

~ Veganism Defined (1951)

Exploitation: the act of using for selfish purposes. (In Search of Veganism 2, 1949)

*This definition was the consensus among several prominent members of Vegan Society
in 1951 with former vice-president Leslie J Cross as key figure in conceptualising the theoretical framework. Read the essays by Cross at tinyurl.com/lesliecross

Veganism: recognition that animals are individuals - not resources, objects or slaves.
Veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting animals.

Veganism by Arseni April 17, 2026

quasi-veganism

eating like a vegan for much or parts of your life, but not ensuring that all the animals are set free and never killed

I have enjoyed quasi-veganism, but I am not trying to stop killing all of the animals, partly because I still eat a minimal amount of meat, at the least.

quasi-veganism by addake November 3, 2019

r/vegancirclejerk 

r/vegancirclejerk is a sarcastic humor based subreddit where vegans speak the rhetoric that meat eaters say to justify meat eating or criticize veganism. The purpose is to self-ridicule using the anti-vegan arguments. It is a meme subreddit with no deeper meaning but sometimes to expose the hypocrisy and absurdity of the meat eaters' claims.

The previous definition says that r/vegancirclejerk is mean. r/vegancirclejerk is not mean. There is a lot of shadow projection on vegans. If you feel empathy and compassion for animals, you would treat them the same way you want yourself or your loved ones to be treated.

The above definition says that r/vegancirclejerk is radical and claims that r/vegan sympathizes with meat eaters. Think of any value in your life that you think is unethical (for example, cheating on your partner or stealing in store or abusing a waiter in restaurant) and observe your behaviour when somebody does the unethical thing. Put yourself in the shoes of vegans and see where the radicalism comes from. It is not a civil war. We are in it together. #AnimalLiberation

For example, there is a post on r/vegancirclejerk which says "Those who cannot change the world alone are exempt from being vegan". This illustrates the argument that some meat eaters make that their actions are insignificant. The underlying meaning is that one person matters. One person influences many people in their lifetime. If one person becomes vegan, more animals will NOT be born for their consumption. It is not the fault of animals that they are born in a body that is only seen for consumption and lacks inherent right to life.

r/vegancirclejerk by libphilosophy880 November 6, 2024