[rhythnic]

Where do the Christians stand on this issue? If there's one single group that has the power to calibrate people's moral compass on this issue, is would be clergymen. As another person said, people just don't care. People are on the whole an exploitative and unsympathetic species. They'll continue eating factory farmed meat and buying sweatshop clothing, much more than necessary. But in the US at least, where 77% of people identify as Christan, if preachers took issue with these things, they could make an impact on how their congregation spends money.

A preacher who actually targeted moral atrocities would be seen as radical, and would most likely lose the church members and money. And so church will continue to be large ornate buildings with large parking lots filled with luxury cars where people hear about their salvation, while wearing sweatshop clothing and then eat barbeque afterwords, instead of a place that actually makes a difference.

[archagon]

In the Orthodox tradition, almost half the year—including nearly every Wednesday and Friday—is for fasting, which means vegan plus shellfish. It’s not considered radical at all.

(Incidentally, this is why Ethiopian food is so vegan-friendly!)