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Decided to be serious about skating vegan shoes. Bought these today.
rad! get that shoe goo poppin. try to make use of any old leather or suede shoes if you have em and cut out pieces of suede from em to patch up the canvas
Some people (not you specifically) really trip on having vegan shoes but they're still from a Chinese factory paying shit wages and no benefits. No animals involved but it's still not completely "cruelty free."
I'm not vegan but I try to stay away from animal products when I can for environmental reasons. Car farts are actually worse for the environment than cars 'cause we have so many of them for our McDoubles and suede sneakers.
The problem with near slave labor in china and shit is that if you boycott those products, it just puts people out of work, and with less money than they already have. From a humanitarian standpoint, I'd rather buy good made in China than the USA. Also, factories for US goods in China are supposed to have better conditions and pay than those of Chinese companies.
It's all fucked, but it's hard to remedy as a consumer.