Plant-based diet

1055: 

The human-advantaged world doesn’t seem to have learnt its lesson about the disadvantages of violence and war.  Having an abundance of food at the expense of making everlasting war on animals is not so very different to having a reliance on atomic arsenals to ensure peace.  Such threats as hunger and atomic annihilation were supposed to revolt us so much that we’d find a better way to live.  But we still have both, and we’re no nearer to peace.  Individuals can’t do much about world governments’ defence systems but we can each do something about our use of animal foods - we can boycott them and if enough of us do that the Animal Industry will collapse.  Unfortunately, animals are still being used as food, and the matter of animal slavery is still being ignored.

           

Today, the world is focusing on climate change.  It’s made us sit up and take notice, but not much more.  We talk about it a lot but don’t do much for fear of the inconvenience it will cause us.  Governments don’t dare to act, and individuals are reluctant to ‘make a start’ when others won’t.  It’s a you-first, me-next situation.  It’s the same with food and taking on an animal-free diet.  There’s always an excuse.  It’s cheaper and less disadvantageous to eat as others eat.