A brief defense of veganism against the left

#vegan #politics &#xA; Veganism is often criticized on anti-capitalist grounds for its adherents' adoption of plant-based consumption habits. In this telling, the trappings of a vegan lifestyle are just another instance of "consumerism": seeking identity and meaning by buying stuff. It is also supposed that these changes in consumer behavior are utterly useless in accomplishing the end goal of…