Personal manifesto is my least favorite genre, I can barely get through these position-taking exercises. At least this one was short.

In ~ 700 words, in ~30 statements, Flower Bomb manages to talk about: speciesism, veganism, capitalism, anthropocentrism, nihilism, individualism, reformism, humanism, liberalism, anarchism. But also anarchy, domestication, exploitation, indoctrination, normalization, automation, technology,...

None of these terms carry uncontested meaning. What's behind them is never simple. When you alternate between conjuring -isms and listing a bunch of ideologically charged terms, without clarifying or analyzing relations between any of them, you end up suggesting much, but saying very little. A text like that is flexible, adaptable, it becomes a DIY project for the (likely vegan) reader.

I love this essay so much. Veganism should be an insurrection against civilization itself, instead of this boring and dull liberalized dietary fad or mere consumer thing that "normal people" try to turn it into. Such a loathing I have for vegans who denounce radicalism and preach respectabiity/optics, eager to simply be liked by everyone else and be brought into the fold.

As for the humanism that's apparent in much of anarchism, and the abandonment of liberation, of freedom, when the topic of earth and creature liberation comes up, I shouldn't be surprised, yet I tend to be. They believe only humans have will, and that only humans can be individuals. Seeing them as only standing-reserve to be utilized at a later date. Which is why I find my affinity for the term "anarchist" dwindling, thinking that what I want goes far beyond what anarchists want. Ultimately, the hierarchies become justified when turning their gaze towards flora and fauna, in the eyes of anarchists. And it's disappointing.

So I see a Vegan then I Attack?

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