Adrianna TanMany Asian vegan restaurant chains have cultic roots (here’s the founder of Loving Hut)
Antipope Superstar@skinnylatte it's honestly wild that so many people go to these restaurants and just like, roll with it. Oh yeah we know it's a cult but can't stop going back
@skinnylatte what I really want to know is why, how did "having a cult" mean also "having a vegan restaurant chain", what was the cultural history there
@julieofthespirits Franchise model: cult followers can easily send money upstream
Restaurant model: easy to launder money
Replicable: make the same shit in every place, costs are fixed, cult followers can provide free or cheap labor and marketing
She even has many peanut pancake stall vendors who run pancake stands for her
@julieofthespirits Lots of people simply do not care. Animal liberation is more important than human liberation to some. So many people were mourning the loss of another SF vegan cult restaurant (Ananda Fuara) recently
7leaguebootdiskð“…½@skinnylatte @julieofthespirits abusive labor law violating, which is why they shut down.