Vegans make the point that even animals who are exploited for their hair and body fluids are enslaved
The point of veganism is animal liberation and reduction of animal suffering. Most human beings would think these are good goals when applied to people yet when we look at society we see very similar things happening to people that we see happening to animals. We see human beings getting exploited by the prison industrial complex of for profit prisons, we see long prison sentences, we see even in the US Constitution itself the loophole allowing slavery as punishment for a crime. Our system also has capital punishment which gives the state the ability to murder convicted criminals who meet certain specific criteria.
The question is, do vegans have the right idea? Is something as simple as drinking a glass of milk encouraging the "low empathy mindset" which enables torture, slavery, and murder of human beings? Is it encouraging the "low empathy mindset" in particular to expose children to the idea that farming animals to exploit them for whatever purpose is okay? Steemt, what is the appropriate way to feel about this and are vegans right or are they taking it too far?