Weighing the odds

The foundation of our sense of freedom as individuals within a society makes slavery incompatible with any intelligent value system. Throughout history, it’s the freeing of humans from bondage that has marked progress, and now it’s the turn of animals to be released from that same slavery. Only then can we mark a break through. But it comes at a price. In uncovering certain truths we set ourselves in opposition to our elders and most of our peers. And we certainly make a point of opposing every 1%’er. Getting off-side with so many people over one central issue may not seem like such a good idea. It’s obvious that living a vegan lifestyle upsets almost everyone. But we shouldn’t despair. There are chinks of light ahead.
In this narrow corridor of mutual understanding our boycott makes sense if only in terms of health. We, as vegans, can identify with most 99%’ers who have made or are making or want to make an attempt to escape the pit. The common wish to weaken the1%’er influence may be strong, but by supporting their system for so long it’s been like a marriage. In it we’ve all been abusive. We’ve all been involved. If we’re still involved, it simply means that, by eating animals, we’re participating in a 150,000 animal executions a minute game. Until we move away from this, we are in no better position than anyone else. Until there is a personal statement of disassociation from the daily holocaust at abattoirs, nothing can possibly go well for us personally or collectively.