Duped

Even though conspiracy theories abound and we laugh at them and call them preposterous, somewhere in our mind we suspect we are being taken for a ride. To those with vested interests, our money spent on animal industry products is more important to them than considering our welfare. To those who care little about animal cruelty the customers’ conscience is of no concern. The inaction of politicians is suspicious as well - their complicity with scientists and the shareholders of animal industries and the rural lobby, is their guarantee of a support base. Each benefits from the other. They play into each others’ hands to make money out of the consumer and if they do successfully poison the public, or at least peddle unhealthy food, we the consumer are letting them get away with it. If they are complicit in animal cruelty we raise no objection. The consumer may be the victim of an outrage but they too as individuals have a choice, and there’s nothing illegal about either their compliance or the industry’s cruelty to animals. To be an omnivore is safe enough for everyone involved, because it’s legal. It’s legal and therefore acceptable socially. And very acceptable to the chief animal abusers, who are getting richer by the minute.
But the strangest thing about all this is that these same people are falling on their own swords. The profiteers of the animal abuse system are wealthy enough to eat ‘well’ and usually they’re inclined to eat rich food, and, you’ve guessed, that includes a lot of animal product. Ironic! The same animals they use to make their wealth ruin their health. The big question is, why doesn’t it occur to them to avoid these foods? The scientists especially should know the dangers associated with animal foods. And you’d think the spiritual leaders of our communities would respond to the horror stories about animal farms and abattoirs. But no, they say nothing. It seems that social status in our community relies so heavily on conformity that to blow the whistle on any of this would mean social suicide, Whatever group we associate with, it’s our own security we value most. And conformity is integral to that. If anyone from the establishment spoke up there’d be hell to pay. The scientists would lose their grants, the politicians their pre-selections and the priests their parishes. That’s why they wouldn’t ever consider supporting vegan principles. No one would do that to themselves. So, the habit of using animal products continues. And for the consumer to be part of that they must numb their feeling for animals and refuse to look at the uses we put them to.