A Non-Speciesist World by 2020

Are you a human supremacist?

Think about it. Most of us have been led to believe we are superior to other species. But are we?

To put our existence in perspective, evidence suggests that life on Earth has been around for approximately 3.7 billion years, yet our own species, Homo Sapiens, has existed for not more than about 200,000 years.

True, we are unique, but we surely aren't more unique than others. All creatures on earth, be they amoebas, humans, or whales, possess unique traits. None of these traits, however, are "better" or "best." Thinking otherwise inevitably leads to exploitation and abuse. As history has shown, most atrocities committed by humans correlate directly with the urge to feel superior, be it toward people of a different color, the other sex, or entire populations "different from us."

Feeling superior to non-human animals and nature itself, we risk not only destroying our environment, but putting our own species at risk of extinction.

Collaborating with prominent experts in diffusion methodology, marketing and social psychology, The Vegalitarian Society is setting in motion a sustained chain effect that in a significant way will cause positive changes across the world related to ethics, equality, health, the environment, poverty, hunger and justice. Specifically, the strategy involves the rapid diffusion of a vegan way of life for the entire population on earth.

A vegalitarian is a non-speciesist egalitarian; a person who advocates the right to a free and just life for all animals, humans and non-humans alike.

Speciesism, which like racism and sexism creates an artificial boundary between allegedly superior beings and the rest, leads to a mindset that seemingly legitimizes abuse. As evidenced, a world emanating from this frame of mind hurts both the oppressed and the oppressor.

By changing our attitudes toward all non-human animals we will help ourselves as much as we help them.

2020

Our target for a vegan world is not an arbitrarily selected date; as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proclaimed in August 2009, "The world has less than 10 years to halt the global rise in greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid catastrophic consequences for people and the planet."

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Books we recommend

Eternal Treblinka helps shake off the even microscopic traces we may have left of speciesism in our heads.

Want to look great, feel great, and be great? Whether you're a guy or a girl, be sure to read New York Times best seller Skinny Bitch!

Thanking the Monkey, The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World, Fast Food Nation, The Animal Question: Why Non-Human Animals Deserve Human Rights, The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, Animal Liberation, The Jungle

Isn't Man an Amazing Animal?

"Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife by the millions in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then he kills domestic animals by the billions and eats them. This in turn kills man by the million, because eating all those animals leads to degenerative - and fatal - health conditions like heart disease, kidney disease, and cancer. So then man tortures and kills millions more animals to look for cures for these diseases. Elsewhere, millions of other human beings are being killed by hunger and malnutrition because food they could eat is being used to fatten domestic animals. Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently, and once a year sends out a card praying for 'Peace on Earth.'" - C. David Coats

International

Deutsch: Ein Vegalitarist ist ein nichtspeziesistischer Egalitarist, der sich für das Recht auf ein freies und gerechtes Leben aller Tiere, Menschen und Nicht-Menschen in gleicher Weise einsetzt.

Español: Un vigualitario es un igualitario no especista que aboga por el derecho a una vida libre y justa para todos los animales, seres humanos o no humanos igualmente.

Français: Un végalitaire est un antispécisme égalitaire qui préconise le droit à une vie libre et juste pour tous les animaux, les humains et non-humains de même.

Nederlands: Een vegalitariër is een niet-soortgebonden egalitariër; iemand die het recht op een vrij en eerlijk bestaan bepleit voor alle dieren, ongeacht of het mensen of niet-mensen zijn.

Norsk: En vegalitarianer er en egalitær person som ut over rase og kjønn er en forkjemper for et fritt og rettferdig liv for alle som lever, det være seg menneskelige eller ikke-menneskelige dyr.

Türkçe: Vegalitaryan eşitlik taraftarıdır; ırk, tür, cinsiyet, ayrımına karşı olmanın ötesinde, tüm insanların olduğu gibi hayvanların da özgürce yaşama hakkını savunan kişidir.

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