Animal liberation is good. Animals deserve understanding and respect. Societally, this is absolutely not the case, so we are beginning the process to liberate them.
Consider a leather belt. An animal was created (often violently), raised in poor conditions, killed, and processed to make that belt. Did it need to be? No. Belts made of other materials are just as good, even. The suffering was pointless, and for such a trivial thing. The only difference in outcome for the animals between the animal that died for leather and someone killing a pet animal on purpose is that we ignore and normalize the former while the latter requires transgressing norms. The violence and pointlessness of it remain.
This is a very large industry. Millions and millions of animals forced into this cycle. The scale of suffering is massive and cannot be addressed without large-scale organizing.
Animal liberation is good. Animals deserve understanding and respect. Societally, this is absolutely not the case, so we are beginning the process to liberate them.
Consider a leather belt. An animal was created (often violently), raised in poor conditions, killed, and processed to make that belt. Did it need to be? No. Belts made of other materials are just as good, even. The suffering was pointless, and for such a trivial thing. The only difference in outcome for the animals between the animal that died for leather and someone killing a pet animal on purpose is that we ignore and normalize the former while the latter requires transgressing norms. The violence and pointlessness of it remain.
This is a very large industry. Millions and millions of animals forced into this cycle. The scale of suffering is massive and cannot be addressed without large-scale organizing.