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5 stereotypes about veganism
Brut America
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3/25/2025
"Veganism is a cult", "You can only get your protein from meat"...
Brut Nature asked this animal rights activist to respond to stereotypes about veganism. Here is what she had to say.
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Giving the right to vote to the pool would make no sense.
00:02
On the other hand, what we want is a legal account of the interests of one and the other.
00:19
Veganism is a sect.
00:23
So no, there is no vegan club
00:28
where we meet every day to pray the holy big broccoli.
00:31
What we need to understand is that today our relationship to animals is based on exploitation.
00:39
We consider animals as resources, commodities, at our disposal to satisfy our interests.
00:45
And that brings enormous suffering for them.
00:48
Veganism is therefore a philosophy of life, a way to establish another relationship with animals,
00:54
a relationship that is more benevolent and pacified.
00:57
And this is not something new.
00:59
It is a reflection that great thinkers such as Pythagoras, Marguerite Fursenart, Victor Hugo
01:05
already had in their time.
01:07
They were already asking themselves the question of the place of the animal in society
01:11
and they were already denouncing the injustice and the violence with which they are treated.
01:19
We grew up with the idea that proteins are only in meat,
01:22
when in fact they are not.
01:24
Proteins can be of animal or plant origin and can be found in almost all foods.
01:30
And especially for plant proteins, in legumes, cereals and oleagins.
01:34
For calcium, it's the same.
01:36
We think it's only in milk. Not at all.
01:38
There are some in green vegetables, in oleagins and in yogurts and plant milks.
01:43
In general, in France, on vegetarian diet, we are quite behind.
01:48
Whereas in other countries, the question is not debated at all.
01:51
For example, the American Association of Dietetics and Nutrition,
01:54
which still brings together 100,000 health professionals,
01:57
says very clearly that a well-conducted vegetarian diet
02:01
is completely viable at all stages of life.
02:04
And then, not only is it viable, but it's also very good.
02:06
It's the food chain.
02:10
When we are told that, we have the impression that it is because the human being is at the top of the food chain.
02:16
In fact, it's wrong.
02:17
If we take the trophic levels, which is a classification
02:20
that allows us to determine the place of a species in the food chain,
02:24
the human being is actually at the level of the anchovy.
02:28
So, very far behind the big predators like the orc or the polar bear.
02:33
And by the way, we can wonder if this notion of food chain is even relevant for the human species.
02:39
Because, unlike the lion that hunts the gazelle to survive,
02:42
we do our shopping in supermarkets, we buy our steaks under empty containers.
02:48
So, unlike carnivores, we are omnivores,
02:52
which means that we can eat everything, but not that we have to eat everything to be in good health.
02:56
We have always eaten meat.
03:00
Not because we have always done something, that we must continue to do it.
03:03
There are a lot of things that we did before and that we don't do anymore today,
03:06
because our way of life has evolved, thanks to technological progress or to our moral considerations.
03:12
For example, before, we used to move around naked, for a long time women were not allowed to vote.
03:18
Today, we do a Paris-Lyon in two hours, and as a woman, I have the right to vote, and everyone finds that normal.
03:25
So, yesterday's lifestyles have nothing to do with today's,
03:28
and tomorrow's will be different because society will continue to evolve.
03:32
And precisely, one of the challenges of tomorrow's society is food,
03:36
because meat consumption poses huge challenges, both ecological and ethical.
03:42
Do you want equality between species?
03:46
No, we are not saying that a cow equals a hen equals a human being.
03:51
Of course, there are differences between species, but there are also similarities,
03:55
such as the desire to live or the ability to feel emotions.
03:59
And precisely, these are things that we should take into account in our consumption choices.
04:03
So, to do that, we can imagine a balance.
04:06
On the one hand, there is my desire to eat a steak, and on the other, there is the life of the animal.
04:11
Logically, the life of the animal should win over my desire to enjoy myself for five minutes.
04:17
So, we are not at all preaching for a pure and simple equality between all species.
04:23
Giving the right to vote to the hen would make no sense.
04:25
On the other hand, what we want is a legal account of the interests of one and the other.
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