Also if they don't recognize (yet), it's still a great thing. I originally just planned to eat less meat. After some time I noticed it's quite easy, so I decided to vegetarian. And after two years I decided to go vegan. Would have never declared that as my goal.

Apart from that, there's many aspects in life other than just veganism. Just because one's vegan doesn't mean moral superiosity. If you're looking at the environmental aspect, you can travel less, consume less products, move to a smaller flat, lower the heating/airconditioning, have less children, avoid plastics, pick up trash etc. From a social point of view, you can donate money, engage in charity, do social jobs (firefighter, care worker, ...), support your local community and businesses.

For all these things, there's not just black and white and no one is perfect. Using less plastics is better than not caring at all. Picking up trash twice a year is better than never and eating less meat is better than three times a day.

I'd say veganism is - in general - morally superior to non-veganism. But that doesn't automatically make all vegans better and all non-vegans worse people.

You can be a vegan and still (in)directly hurt animals.

You can be a vegan and still destroy the planet.

You can be a vegan and still be an asshole.

*'you' is not meant to be you, @iiGxC@slrpnk.net . ;)