Imprisoned in ‘the pit’

As humans we’re subject to the human condition, a pit of cruelty and waste which most people accept because they don’t think they’ll ever get out of it. As vegans we’re almost-but-not-quite trapped in ‘the pit’.
The first step we took, when we disassociated from Society’s routine waste and cruelty, when becoming vegan, was to leave behind a whole lot of nonsense-thinking. Food-wise, clothing-wise, attitude-wise, all of that change we made (when becoming vegan) relieved a lot of the pressure of prison-living; life in the pit was that much less claustrophobic. We understood that escape was possible, and that let us realise the importance of helping others to escape the human conditioning brought on by being in an imprisoned state.
I’m bound to say a vegan diet solves many problems all at once. It’s good for the health of body and mind, obviously, but it builds other strengths too, not the least of which is becoming less self-obsessed, even more altruistic. Working for the animals’ benefit and not just our own has an efficacious effect on just about everything we do. It’s certainly good for our ‘mental condition’, by steering us away from crap-foods. And that’s such a useful start to our escape - our cutting out the addiction to various ‘foods’ helps with the worst aspects of our oppressive society.
If we must live in the ‘pit’ (and most us do), it’s knowing we get ‘out’ that makes being there less onerous. The escape ticket is in the food we eat maybe, but mainly it’s the altruistic context of everything we do; by being around for others. But we can only do that because we know we aren’t personally hooked on the food junk. We avoid hundreds of available animal products and perhaps thousands of eating items which use animal products to make them more appetising. By NOT boycotting and consequently NOT avoiding these commodities we are slaves to them. They play such a big part in the omnivore’s life.
Our vegan habits largely protect us from the commercial food industry simply by our avoiding hundreds of consumer items. Boycotting is the act of escaping. And if some can do it then all can do it.