Myth # 82 : " But I can ' t make a difference ."
Myth # 82 : " But I can ' t make a difference ."
The only time you truly make no difference is when you choose to do nothing because you don ’ t believe you can make a difference . It is indeed far better to have lived a life at least trying to do some Good , than to meekly give up without trying at all … And besides , you alone going vegan will make a difference . Indeed , every single person who goes vegan saves at least 20,000 gallons of potable water every month … Every single person who goes vegan saves over 3600 square feet of forestland from being razed every month … Every single person who goes vegan removes 750 pounds of greenhouse gases from our atmosphere every month … Every single person who goes vegan frees up over 300 pounds of grain for the hungry every month … And every single person who goes vegan ensures the greater health & the longer lives of all the Loved Ones for whom they care – every single day , of every single month , of every single year that they do so .
Even more importantly , each & every person who decides to go vegan directly saves the lives and prevents the torture of roughly 300 animals every following year
( maybe a bit more or maybe a bit less , depending on how much or how little meat & dairy one consumed prior to going vegan ). Yes , this number might not make that much difference when compared to the billions of animals unnecessarily suffering today , and yet it will literally make the world of difference to those hundreds of animals you do save !
Finally , and most importantly of all , if you do decide to become vegan and start leading a courageously compassionate life , there is actually a good chance that you can become a far more powerful Force for that Good than you might currently believe . For when we take a closer look at all the other great social justice movements in our species ’ recent history – Martin Luther King ' s civil rights movement in the United States , Mahatma Gandhi ' s national autonomy movement in India , Nelson Mandela ' s freedom from apartheid movement in South Africa ( and on & on & on ) – we find that it is never larger groups of like-minded advocates for justice that bring about positive reform . Instead , it is almost always smaller , dedicated groups of individuals – individuals often standing seemingly " alone in the storm " – who have done so .
Well , the storm of animal abuse & animal cruelty is currently raging , my Friends . And fortunately there is already a dedicated , small group of vegans standing boldly within it – standing & demanding freedom for those enslaved ; standing & demanding justice for those persecuted ; standing & demanding peace for those being maimed & murdered … We are still a relatively small group , I will admit , and yet we are a group of great Power ; the Power that comes to all those brave enough to stand on the Right side of any social wrong .
We are a group that is growing larger every day , and we are a group that has more than enough room for you ... Consider yourself invited .
Current status of this Myth : Upbraided Justification it provides for eating animals : NONE
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