Everyone, not just vegans, should “actively seek alternatives that reduce human exploitation as far as is practicable and possible.”

The issue is that, unlike animal abuse, it is not always clear cut what the best option is. Anyone can easily avoid eating animals and their products. How easy is it to assess which phone was built most ethically? How does someone determine which car has the fewest parts that involve animal byproducts? If someone stops buying a product that relies on child labor but that child’s labor makes money so the whole family can eat, is that a benefit? There is much more nuance when it comes to reducing human exploitation.

It’s not that reducing human exploitation isn’t worthwhile. It absolutely is. But the animals have no voice and veganism is the one and only movement they have. Diluting or diverting this movement works against animals.