The philosophy of Anarchism has considerable overlap with the Animal Liberation Movement yet there is much debate by people within the respective camps. Both philosophies hold that individuals should be free from the dominion of others but as many Vegans seem to overlook the inconsistency of a state that violates individual rights. Many anarchists overlook the hypocrisy of advocating for the slaughter of non human animals.
Animal rights are the logical extension of human rights. One can not argue for the freedom of one's people without advocating for the freedom of others that are sentient beings but different in appearance and awareness.
Until there is a reconciliation between the two philosophies, which are essentially the same, we do not truly have a freedom movement.
In this video, I delve into the issue of Carnism and why it is not consistent with Anarchist philosophy by dismantling the arguments within a 2015 post made by Larken Rose.
"What Carnists of all types fail to understand is that vegans don’t believe what they do from a utilitarian perspective. Although they realize a non carnist world will do better than a carnist one, veganism is not adopted for a better society, or any other such collectivist notion. The belief in freedom/Ahimsa is philosophical. It is held by all beings with the certain knowledge that they have a right to live their own lives, to pursue their own happiness, and no other man, or groups of men, has any moral right to rule them or impede their individual liberty.
So when you say ‘it won’t work’, it’s entirely irrelevant. There are answers to all your irrational fears about overpopulation, bacon though, lions though. But, they are entirely beside the point. While vegans and vegetarians understand that a vegan world will always outperform one where we slaughter animals we claim to love to appease our base desires, that is not why they believe what they do. Vegans are vegans because it is the only fully moral and non-contradictory position anyone can hold about himself and other human and non human animals". - Vegan Rose ;)
