On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote:

> full: http://louisproyect.org/2014/09/15/karl-marx-and-hunting-animals/
>


I was misled by the subject line into thinking that perhaps finally a
Marxist wanted to wrestle meaningfully with issues relating to cruelty to
animals. I was disappointed, but not surprised to see basically another cop
out.




> While I think that the ethical treatment of animals is fundamental and
> that both factory farming and hunting both involve unnecessary cruelty,
> there are more important issues for Marxists and even people like Jedediah
> Purdy.
>


In other words, the ethical treatment of animals is NOT really very
important after all.



In the final analysis, we need a socialist movement, not a food movement.
>


How utterly predictable and empty!
-raghu.
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