By Gary L. Francione
Dear Colleagues:
Many animal advocates assume that we need an organization–some organization–in order to advocate for nonhuman animals; that we need a leader–some leader–to show us the way.
I suggest that this is the wrong way to look at things.
Unfortunately, in a world in which everything is commodified, social justice has, not unsurprisingly, itself become a commodity and it is sold, in various flavors, by corporations that compete for shares in the market for compassion. These companies have done a marvelous job in convincing us that participation in all moral struggles, including and particularly the struggle for animals, means writing a check–to them.
In a world in which we accept a thousand different hierarchies without even noticing that we do so, and without even questioning the very concept of hierarchy, we assume that we need leaders to show us the way...
We are not going to get anywhere by tinkering at the edges...
That revolution is not going to occur as the result of any leader. It can only occur within each and every one of us.
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-revolution-of-the-heart/
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