getting the ball rolling

Today, in a world run largely by the irresponsible, we need more people who take leadership seriously and who see the need for repair. People who won’t give up on the job.
Repair was never going to be easy. On the one hand our destructive habits and violent attitudes are obvious and deeply entrenched. On the other hand, repair faces no particular obstacles until we try to put theory into practice. Repairs never look very inviting. They seem like hard work and any repairs we make won’t at first be appreciated. They need to be established in our private lives first, then communicated to others. Once taken up as new habits by the majority, legislation occurs. So, if we are going to start the ball rolling on repair, we need good motivation to keep us on track. If we can approach repair the right way, it will not only be effective but become the most attractive thing we could be doing for ourselves.
We’ve only recently become aware of the threat of climate change; but to some extent it is being addressed. We are slowly becoming environmentally aware. Another damage, the spending of trillions of dollars on weapons of war, is getting publicity. The huge number of children dying from malnutrition, is being exposed. These problems are hopefully being addressed and will influence the way responsible voters vote and decent governments act.
But there is another major level of damage that is still largely ignored - The enslavement of non-human animals by humans. It gets little publicity and never appears on the list of ‘greatest threats to civilisation’ because governments consider the topic "not in the interests of voters" and will not address it. Therefore few people have seen the damage it is doing. A different way of spending our money combined with a change in our eating habits will alleviate this particular damage. As soon as we stop participating in the mass killing of animals we open a new front of awareness. It has to start with individuals doing what they think is the right thing, other individuals will follow and the ball will start rolling. At first, repair won’t be popular because of the restrictions it seems to lay on one’s lifestyle. Thus only the courageous can start the ball rolling. We can’t expect governments to spring up overnight and act on such an unpopular topic. Because to ban the killing of animals would be political suicide for any government. Any major breakthrough has to start at the grass roots level. Individually, we are each at the grass roots level.