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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