I understand why people dislike leather and animal products. But leather is such a good resource? Like⌠My mom bought a sturdy leather coat in 1989. Iâm in my 20âs and I now wear that coat. Thatâs a 30 year old coat? 30 years, two generations, one coat. Versus, like⌠A plastic one, that rips and gets thrown out, or releases bits into the ecosystem every time itâs washed, takes a billion years to decompose, lasts maybe a decade if youâre super duper careful, and uses oil products in itâs construction. Like, yeah leather is expensive and comes from a living animal, and Iâm not saying that you should go out and buy fifty fur and leather products for the heâll of it, but like⌠Maybe the compromise is worth it? One animal product, valued and respected and worn down for generations, versus like⌠Six plastic products that will never ever go away?
idk, I could be wrong.
this is why im so fucking pissed white colonial fucks and white vegans get so enraged at indigenous people for using hides/leather and animal bones as if that shit breaks or rips like cheap polyester does
Remember, kids:
Itâs not âvegan woolâ, itâs plastic.
Itâs not âvegan leatherâ, itâs plastic.
Itâs not âvegan furâ, itâs fucking plastic. Itâs all plastic.
Itâs all fucking plastic, and every time you wash it, or damage it, or try to dispose of it, that plastic winds up in the water, in the earth, in the air.
Hell, the damage has already done when the fucking thingâs been made. As the OP says, itâs all oil and oil products; it creates pollution just to produce synthetic fabrics and materials, even before you try to throw them away, which, I mean, good luck with that.
A lot of vegan ideology is built up around a very superficial set of ethics that are supposedly about protecting animals, wildlife and the environment, but they fall apart when you look even a little bit below the surface. Every time you eschew an animal-based product in favour of something âsyntheticâ for the sake of âsaving an animalâs lifeâ, youâre creating pollution and trash that wonât go away for thousands of years, damaging the Earth and making life so much worse for countless animals and people.
Think about this stuff more than not at all, please.
Buying second hand leather things is a nice compromise for me!
Ethically-sourced Leather is sourced as a off-shoot of the food/dairy industry. Primarily cow, but a handful of others too, like sheep.
If you think about it, it would be a waste to let that hide go when we have to cut it off to get to the meat anyway?
There are unethical sources, especially of more exotic leathers like snake or alligator, that come out of less-restricted continents (primarily Asia).
If youâre worried that an animal died purely for your coat, buy a good cow-hide leather that will last forever and you know that the cow lived a far more resourceful life than just your jacket.
