Malintent
Veteran Member
I need help developing a philosophy.. or, perhaps more accurately, a nutritional ideology. But maybe this is a religion. I don’t know how to categorize it, but I do have an idea of what to call it. My purpose for outlining this here is to gather feedback through discussion to help me refine this philosophy further. I am calling this philosophy Ketonism. I hesitate to introduce it as ‘the opposite of veganism’ because I feel very strongly about this and I feel much like a Christian might feel about introducing their religion to the unexposed with the opening statement, “you know Satanism? Well, we’re the opposite of that”…
Ketonism is the name of my newly forming philosophy, followers of which are called ‘Ketons’ collectively, or ‘Keton’ individually (not to be confused with “Ketones”, which is at the core of the practice, but offensive to use the word to refer to individuals).
Ketonism is the practice of eliminating plant-based products from one’s diet, and where possible, avoiding products that are produced through the exploitation of plants. The foundation of the practice of this philosophy is called a Ketogenic diet (something that has existed far longer than my notion of a philosophy based on it, and nothing that I can take any credit for). However, this is just one part of it. The ideology of this diet, of Ketonism, as I am calling it, is focused on the notion that the Animal Kingdom has for hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years, had the ability to be ambulatory… animals can move around… migrate… avoid danger, and seek new opportunities for access to resources and reproductive success.
Throughout more recent evolutionary history, certain animals have taken an evolutionary path (‘chosen’, if you would grant me the use of a sloppy term) towards domestication. The obvious example of the Wolf->dog branching… Dogs have chosen to give up their wolf-born freedom for a guaranteed meal. Cows, chickens, pigs, etc.. all have chosen to stand in line for human consumption, because the standing on that line is a far better option than what was in store for their distant ancestors that had to experience pure Darwinism in the wild, suffering the most horrible deaths imaginable. The Keton celebrates these animals, and thankfully accepts their choice. “Everyone wins” kind of thing.
The Plant Kingdom, on the other hand, has not had the same opportunities for choosing domestication as Animals have. Plants are the unwilling slaves of human consumption. They have been forced to exist in one place or another, mutated to the whims of human indulgence, and exploited for countless other purposes. The Keyton is opposed to this exploitation and is committed to the spreading of awareness of the inequities we impose on the Plant Kingdom, and protest in the form of refusal to purchase products that are made through the exploitation of Plants. Just because a Plant doesn’t have two eyes on either side of a ‘face’ and a mouth in the middle to lick your fingers, is no reason to discriminate against an entire Kingdom of life on Earth.
This is a very challenging philosophy. No doubt many will balk at its obvious challenges, such as the difficulty with avoiding use of paper and wood, finding alternatives, and educating others. I welcome your opinions and any discussion about these types of challenges and also look forward to hearing about the issues I didn’t even begin to think of.
One last thought… Vegans are NOT an enemy. It is too easy to fall into the trap of vilifying those that do not share the same philosophies as you do. I urge those that choose to embrace this to seek to educate and convert, not to vilify and spread hate, to those that have chosen the wrong path.
Thank you, all.
Ketonism is the name of my newly forming philosophy, followers of which are called ‘Ketons’ collectively, or ‘Keton’ individually (not to be confused with “Ketones”, which is at the core of the practice, but offensive to use the word to refer to individuals).
Ketonism is the practice of eliminating plant-based products from one’s diet, and where possible, avoiding products that are produced through the exploitation of plants. The foundation of the practice of this philosophy is called a Ketogenic diet (something that has existed far longer than my notion of a philosophy based on it, and nothing that I can take any credit for). However, this is just one part of it. The ideology of this diet, of Ketonism, as I am calling it, is focused on the notion that the Animal Kingdom has for hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years, had the ability to be ambulatory… animals can move around… migrate… avoid danger, and seek new opportunities for access to resources and reproductive success.
Throughout more recent evolutionary history, certain animals have taken an evolutionary path (‘chosen’, if you would grant me the use of a sloppy term) towards domestication. The obvious example of the Wolf->dog branching… Dogs have chosen to give up their wolf-born freedom for a guaranteed meal. Cows, chickens, pigs, etc.. all have chosen to stand in line for human consumption, because the standing on that line is a far better option than what was in store for their distant ancestors that had to experience pure Darwinism in the wild, suffering the most horrible deaths imaginable. The Keton celebrates these animals, and thankfully accepts their choice. “Everyone wins” kind of thing.
The Plant Kingdom, on the other hand, has not had the same opportunities for choosing domestication as Animals have. Plants are the unwilling slaves of human consumption. They have been forced to exist in one place or another, mutated to the whims of human indulgence, and exploited for countless other purposes. The Keyton is opposed to this exploitation and is committed to the spreading of awareness of the inequities we impose on the Plant Kingdom, and protest in the form of refusal to purchase products that are made through the exploitation of Plants. Just because a Plant doesn’t have two eyes on either side of a ‘face’ and a mouth in the middle to lick your fingers, is no reason to discriminate against an entire Kingdom of life on Earth.
This is a very challenging philosophy. No doubt many will balk at its obvious challenges, such as the difficulty with avoiding use of paper and wood, finding alternatives, and educating others. I welcome your opinions and any discussion about these types of challenges and also look forward to hearing about the issues I didn’t even begin to think of.
One last thought… Vegans are NOT an enemy. It is too easy to fall into the trap of vilifying those that do not share the same philosophies as you do. I urge those that choose to embrace this to seek to educate and convert, not to vilify and spread hate, to those that have chosen the wrong path.
Thank you, all.
