#tg even had to add a disclaimer on their article like 'we found out it's not vegans eating all the soy its uh. 97% for livestock.'

[dragontatoes]

i was going to reblog that post with someone conflating out of touch karens with "slavery quinoa vegans" but interestingly they turned off reblogs. but i didn't write this all for nothing

literally the first result on google when searching "slavery quinoa":

Debunking the myths around vegans and quinoa production: Nonvegan Leftists are engaging in misinformation when they derail vegan advocacy with quinoa production and consumption.

This has been debunked for fucking years now. The original article that gave people (twitter) the "slavery quinoa" idea doesn't mention slavery, human trafficking, or even exploited laborers. The farmers themselves actually had somewhat of an economic boom. The issue they mention is that it became expensive for consumers in countries where it's grown. There's also no source that shows vegetarians/vegans eating more quinoa than anyone else.

sorry if it sounds annoying but people making posts about how "nobody knows how food production works outside their immediate community" usually don't know much about food production outside of their immediate community either. which is kind of the point of the post anyway. i'm not even bringing up a new argument here it's just weird to see posts perform their own thesis

anyway please just fucking stop saying "slavery quinoa" forever already.