Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Hand in hand

The Animal Rights movement doesn’t have funding or pro bono help from top level professionals. We can’t compete with 1%er wealth. They have all the material advantages. They own the media and advertising industries. They can buy whomsoever they please. They legally sell addictive substances to the public, in the form of a wide range of foods. Their researchers tell them how far they can push the customer who always wants a reliable supply of favourite foods. On this level, veganism can’t win people over. We have to go the longer, slower way, at least at first.
All humans in the rich Western world, especially the omnivores, are having such a good time indulging in the animal stuff that we never want to think about food, just simply enjoy it. We humans would rather shut out all thoughts about awareness of animal exploitation. We’re happy if whatever they do is done behind closed doors, just as long as we can get what we want. In this respect we’re members of a mutual encouragement society – we go along with what the 1%’ers do by giving them the nod so they’ll bring us the goodies. It’s classic drug dealing. A co-dependency between dealer and client is developed. We all get what we want and it’s in everyone’s interest not to welsh on the other.

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