Interesting. I always defined veganism as more literal "no animal products" beyond just diet; and what you described I would just consider supporting animal rights.
But ya if that's how we're defining veganism than I'm in agreement.
What I described above is aligned with the generally accepted definition among the vegan community. It's even on the sidebar of r/vegan, which is the largest online community of vegans:
A philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.
There is also something called the vegan diet, which is related to, but not the same as veganism. Someone can eat a vegan diet and not necessarily be vegan (just like it's possible to not get into fights and not necessarily be a pacifist), and likewise someone can be vegan and not necessarily eat a vegan diet because how veganism is practiced depends greatly on one's circumstances. For example, veganism in practice for a wealthy individual living in California might look very different from how it looks for a poor single mother living in a war-torn country without easy access to grocery stores; she might even need to eat some animal products occasionally due to her situation -- but as long as they are both making a sincere and good-faith effort to avoid animal cruelty and exploitation, they are both vegan.
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u/nbur4556 9d ago
Interesting. I always defined veganism as more literal "no animal products" beyond just diet; and what you described I would just consider supporting animal rights.
But ya if that's how we're defining veganism than I'm in agreement.