An egg starter to numb the conscience

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So here’s the state of things at present. We have billions of humans eating foods produced by animals, unwilling to consider the feelings of those animals. Perhaps they’re pushing animal rights onto the back burner, because they’re more concerned with money worries, family matters, job insecurity, global warming, ill health, etc ... there’s so much to think about, and with no relief in sight ... so people open the fridge and choose their favourite food as a pick-me-up.
We eat for pleasure and diversion, despite the negative health pay-back or sting-in-the-tail, conscience-killing knowledge that things aren’t quite right. We know what happens down the road, at the abattoir. They have to happen so our fridges can be stocked with yummy stuff.
After sunrise at the abattoir the killing begins. Can we hear it when we’re eating our breakfast, cracking the shell of our breakfast egg? Can we imagine what’s going on, or remember the egg we saw on TV last night, dropping from a live caged animal in a squalid battery farm? Despite all that we eat that very egg.
There are no eggs left in the carton - I must a new carton. The cycle continues.
Less obviously, in our cupboard, there are products with eggy ingredients, appetising products ... so here’s the state of things ... we see the cruelty (on TV) and forget it, because it’s inconvenient to bring it to mind - we want our eggs, we’ll soon be buying more eggs. And as we slip into the habits of daily life we think less and less about what we’re doing.
Small children are good at thinking - they often express horror at the way animals are treated. They often want to say something, but at each meal their resistance is slowly worn down. But for a while there may be empathy and it may re-emerge later, when their conscience wakes from a long sleep.
Young people have a much cleaner slate than adults. They’ve got more excuse since they’ve never had any real freedom to choose their own food. Their conscience is clearer. Guilt hasn’t bitten so deeply. And it follows that as their independence develops they’re freer to experiment with new foods, and move away from the habits of their parents’ generation ... even to try out a vegan diet.

If an adult doesn’t consult their conscience over eating animals the senses will call all the shots. We’ll allow our senses to betray our body until our health goes down the tube. Simply by not making our own decisions, eating what our mothers fed us without questioning it, what chance do we have later in life? It’s easier to follow the crowd.