Roland VincentAnimal Rights Zone
"Most animal activists are not vegan. Most aren't even vegetarian. Vegans are a tiny fraction of the population. We have almost no political or social impact. The only reason for being vegan is to pacify our own consciences, and to save the amount of one person's consumption of dead animals.
We do not make much of a ripple in the floodtide of demand for animal corpses.
If I could choose for animal activists to be revolutionaries or to be vegan, I would infinitely prefer them to be revolutionaries. Vegans are not going to change things, revolutionaries just might.
The reason vegans are not going to change the world is simply because the world population is growing faster than the vegan population. Our recruitment and education efforts are falling short. If we continue doing what we are doing, the Animal Holocaust will not only continue, it will increase in size and scope.
The uncomfortable truth is that we are losing. The animals are losing. Only by radically different action and approaches do we have a chance to turn the tide.
A tiny percentage of revolutionaries can bring down governments, change public opinion, impact policy, form governments, control society. And government control of society is what is required to stop people abusing and exploiting animals.
And that will only happen with revolution.
Perhaps decades or a century from now, but it is the only hope for animals.
If every vegan were a revolutionary, we could topple the world's governments overnight."
Just read this online . Is he right? Are we all just fighting a losing battle unless we are actually FIGHTING for the cause as revolutionaries?
Does education and discussion have little or no impact at all? And if not should we stop any attempt to lead by example and be content in the knowledge they the only minds we can change are our own. That people will only stop eating animals if it is against the law to do so????
Is he right?
