The human herbivore is a naturally ordered being with unique and well defined physical and behavioral traits, evolved to thrive within the natural order.
So, is going vegan a lifestyle (or individual) choice?
The short and natural answer is "NO!"
As human herbivores, it is clear that Nature already made the choice for us millions of years ago when it was 'decided' along which evolutionary lines we would emerge.
The long answer is:
Modern dietary choices (or cultural preferences and availability) have been defined for humans not by anatomy, physiology and habitat (as is the case with other creatures) but increasingly by cultural traditions established tens of thousands of years ago.
The emergence of these unnatural traditions was probably coincident with the emergence of sophisticated social hierarchies and the use of violence to extend social dominance by warfare and other forms of violence.
Indeed, the blind and automatic violence effected towards other creatures and the environment in general, is the defining base for the present order of our global human society in which lives are not valued, but position within the hierarchy is.
Within such a culture, it is easy to predict slavery, starvation and all the other ills that plague the human species.
Indeed, if we do not recover our natural sanity and turn from this military model for society that assumes no fault (even divine right, individual choice, etc.) as it violates all natural precepts, we will soon end the human experience on this planet.
Going Vegan is not a 'lifestyle choice'. The choice was made within the workings of Natural Law. We are human herbivores and thus by Natural Law, we are mandated to eat an all plant-based diet.
No species is an island.
We are all inextricably connected and interdependent. Laws of nature bind us and govern our interactions, our possibilities and limitations.
This is true for every individual, community and individual species.
