tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post5939614615554751998..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Commodification...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-55876105189355262812015-12-11T05:02:03.799-06:002015-12-11T05:02:03.799-06:00Thank you for your comment AFW. Invisibling is a p...Thank you for your comment AFW. Invisibling is a potent weapon that drives destruction and oppression...you're exactly right in that. Well said.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-574288683837125192015-12-09T15:02:40.706-06:002015-12-09T15:02:40.706-06:00Great point about "invisible harm."
As...Great point about "invisible harm." <br /><br />As a species, our inability to perceive the hidden costs of our decisions is one of humanity's biggest limitations.<br /><br />Out of sight, out of mind. If you don't see the suffering, then it's ok. Businesses go to great lengths to keep us ignorant, and we tend not to ask too many questions <i>because it's such a bargain!A.F.Whttp://reflectionselection.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-71640504747903177202015-11-29T07:16:56.466-06:002015-11-29T07:16:56.466-06:00Thank you for commenting HGV. Indeed..."cheap...Thank you for commenting HGV. Indeed..."cheap" is sort of a magical word...very well designed to get us to focus on the short term versus the long term...to think only about ourselves versus what might be the larger picture. In fact, as I think about it, "cheap" is a terrific device to get us to participate in making harm invisible. Sort of cool in a malevolent and insidious veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-9747977245311241592015-11-25T18:18:52.928-06:002015-11-25T18:18:52.928-06:00I'll never look at lettuce again in the same w...I'll never look at lettuce again in the same way. ;) But it's true, we really don't see anything but the end product. We don't see what, in effect, we're "buying into" when we make so many of our purchases. And as a person who's often had to be frugal, getting something "cheap" still tends to be second nature, even when I should know better.<br /><br />Have Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.com