The reality is most people don’t give a shit about animal welfare and unfortunately a huge percentage of the population would have no problem eating tortured meat if it was a bit cheaper.
Most people don't care about abuse in general, as long as they don't see or experience it directly... and especially if they get some benefit from it occurring.
How many people knowingly still shop at places (like Primark, which is huge and well known for sourcing goods which are made by child labor) just because it's cheap, and they're ok with trading their personal savings for the harm of people/creatures they can't see?
It's not so different from the most people who don't care about pollution as long as it is not in their back yard. People are greedy and stupid, and the human civilization is destined for failure.
I believe the reality is that people can change their minds about that too, though. I did.
I never wanted animals to suffer in the first place, but once upon a time I did think of it as an unfortunate consequence of a natural order of things. If I can chance my point of view on that, others can too. I think it’s worth trying.
How many people knowingly still shop at places (like Primark, which is huge and well known for sourcing goods which are made by child labor) just because it's cheap, and they're ok with trading their personal savings for the harm of people/creatures they can't see?
It's not so different from the most people who don't care about pollution as long as it is not in their back yard. People are greedy and stupid, and the human civilization is destined for failure.