Health. Ethics. Environment. I originally came to the vegan diet for optimal health and now I get sweet-ass ethical and environmental benefits, it's been a great ride I must say.
The plant-based diet is the perfect companion to the counter-culture, self-ownership, non aggressive lifestyle! It is a great diet for anyone who actually takes the time to question the systems surrounding us, harvesting our money and time to our own detriment.
As Mark Sheppard above me wrote, the standard food systems of the world are fuuuuuucking extreme. Replacing the rain forests with cow grazing pastures? Injecting drugs galore into the shit you then put into your body? Mass slaughter of sentient beings with zero fucks given about their right to life? Shipping polluted fish, harvested by slave labor in Thailand to be processed in China then shipped to the USA to be sold to some person who is on a cocktail of drugs to treat diseases that are present in their body because of their diet? Are you kidding me? And it's extreme to just eat plants and forego animals and their juices? Nuts, clearly we live in an upside down world. A world I do my level best to separate from at every turn :)
I've never been much of a salesperson. I don't sell my lifestyle, the choices I make or the things I do. I just try to live the healthiest, ethical life possible. I'd like to think that this shows, and, when people ask me questions about the choices I make, I answer them, and provide them with as much information that they want. They can then decide to improve themselves or not. Their choice.
Preach it @mckeever!
Awesome comment, followed!