How is it any people cannot put themselves in that place with imagining? Even animals could identify with what would not be desirable. Humans should have the sensibility to know they would not want what the animals being used are put through, we can likewise choose to not have anything to do with that, and we can already find out ourselves that there are ways to be very healthy this way without products from animals. And the same amount of use of resources for it and contribution to damage to environments with loss of species does not need to be continued then. https://healthyaging.emory.edu/could-eating-30-plants-a-week-be-the-answer-to-better-health/
Honestly, eating vegan, or even vegetarian, is too much of a hassle for most people most of the time, and that’s by design. So is eating anything that isn’t 80% corn syrup and processed sugar. Our society prioritizes cheap and/or artificial over everything else. Until that changes at a systemic level people aren’t going to change their eating habits.
This is true for much more than just food as well. Most won’t stop using plastic until the alternatives are cheaper and more accessible. Same with renewable energy, public transportation, pesticides, polyester clothing, etc. Most people are fundamentally lazy and will not go out of their way to do something beneficial for others unless they have a financial incentive to do so. Awareness of a problem only elicits a response in a small minority of the population.
You underestimate how much people can think and act for themselves.
And according to the 3.5% rule, that’s how much change we need in people.
A grassroots movement that defends animals needs more positive people, not negative ideas.
I’m pretty sure the word you are looking for is capitalism. And it’s not the only way people can live.
Sure, but saying that doesn’t change the fact that almost everyone in the industrialized world does live that way
I’m pretty sure that naming the thing that needs changing is a step along the way to making that change. No it doesn’t change the fact. And knowing what the problem is, naming it correctly can be helpful for some, tho’ perhaps not for you specifically.
Efficient systems that work fine are always dismantled & pushed into something where more complicated & more expensive industries are involved.
It’s why we don’t have more railroad infrastructure (trains, trams, tracks, connections, good ux, etc).
Pushing a product like meats just makes more profit margin, more wealth transfer, political power, etc.
Financial sense and economical sense differ a lot.