Eating heirloom raw organic vegan is the ultimate FUCK YOU to corporate America.

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227. "Food is politics." Yes, it is.

I buy meat when it's on sale and enjoy it, but I can acknowledge that food is politics, as much as "family values" or health care or paying a living wage is politics.

Politics is all about finding a balance between how one groups desires, greed or rights affect another groups rights, and how our policies support one group or another in that balance, whether it's through boycotts at the citizen level, or laws at the government level.

Any time there's that tradeoff in rights, one end of the spectrum is the libertarian one - where any one individual's desires should be met, regardless of the impact on others. And the opposite end of the spectrum is regulation to ensure the rights and health of others aren't harmed. I eat meat, I drive a car, I use gas and electric instead of solar. Sometimes my showers are too long. I'm not claiming I'm a saint. But I'd be in a serious state of denial if I couldn't at least admit they have a negative impact on the environment, and thus on communities and people in other areas, either now or in the future.