We are faced now with the biggest barrier to animal liberation — lack of imagination. The only reason people say animal liberation is impossible is that people can’t imagine it.
CACAI BUENVIAJE: Shiela R. Castillo is Futures learning advisor of Center for Engaged Foresight. Shiela approaches issues with a concept called Futures Thinking. Futures Thinking is about imagining, creating, and acting for the future to transform today. Whoever you are, you have to develop your creativity and anticipatory capacity to be able to move ahead in this fast-paced world… She described what an “impossible future” for animals looked like…
In the year 2030, an inventor created a device that enabled cow language to be automatically translated to human speech. The invention quickly gained global attention from the media and became the most talked about in popular culture, so much so that a documentary and a reality show featuring cows were aired on TV.
Because cows were simple, funny, and smart, more people began to see them as individuals, prompting many of them to stop consuming them for food. But it was only until later, when an insider publicly leaked a speech from a survivor cow, that more people began to pay attention. People were reduced to tears. They sympathized and felt guilty for having consumed burgers, milk, and steaks.
It’s now 2050. Animal liberation has been achieved. It was not a smooth-sailing journey, but instead of taking hundreds of years, the straightforward yet groundbreaking invention from 20 years ago helped to fast-track progress…
We are faced now with… the biggest barrier to animal liberation — lack of imagination. The only [reason] people say animal liberation is impossible is that people can’t imagine it… In creating a future where all animals (including humans) live in harmony with each other, everybody needs to be involved.
Governments, corporations, organizations, communities, and families all have a role to play. All of these are composed of individuals, so individual actions are as important as large-scale ones. Individuals can start by going vegan and asking governments and businesses to make policies and system changes. SOURCE…
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