Every time i purchase a moderately expensive item the Karl Marx on my shoulder is like "For shame... you purchase yet another pair of jeans when you have 5 already at home, you despicable commodity fetishist? In my time, a man with five outfits would consider himself blessed beyond measure, and yet you want for more, while there are children starving in the world??" to which the second Karl Marx on my other shoulder says "Objection! Those 5 pairs of jeans all wildly uncomfortable or have holes in the ass, due to the decline of clothing quality driven by the fast fashion industry, unfortunately making this purchase a necessity... Plus, by purchasing a slightly more expensive pair of jeans from an independent brand, seeking quality over 'brand recognition', they are deliberately trying to avoid engaging in conspicuous consumption!" to which the third Karl Marx clinging to my back like that beetle from Doctor Who says "Remember, my friend; the less you eat, drink, buy books, go to the theatre or to balls, or to the pub, and the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you will be able to save and the greater will become your treasure which neither moth nor rust will corrupt — your capital. Buy the jeans," to which I say "I don't know if any of you have actually read Karl Marx"
i think if you eat meat, you should at least think about what it means for animals to die for that and come to terms with it. i dont think its healthy, mentally, to only see these canned and plastic wrapped containers of meat removed from their context of once having been a living thing
i dont think you have to kill an animal yourself, but honestly for me the first time i killed a lobster before cooking it, i feel like that kinda gave me a better perspective on it. it made it more real. this living creature was gonna die so i could eat, and for that i had to kill it. it was fast, it was humane, i was thankful for it, but i killed it. i think more people should experience that. i was thankful for the animals that died so i could eat before but more so after