The Eventual Vegan

By Alexander

Sometimes the answers are right in front of us, but we don't want to look... to really see. Because if we do, the reality of the situation might force us to change our minds. And nobody really likes change, no matter how much we say otherwise.

Follow the author as he grapples with some inner demons and see if he can slay them o

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joseph Alexander
• Release date: Dec 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9780578352060

Alexander

Alexander, a dual citizen of the US and a former British colony, currently resides in the verdant Carolinas. Though often regarded as a quiet, reserved (not bashful) introvert, he comes to life during interesting one-on-one conversations. He loves and respects all animals and is tentatively training for his fifth (and final?) marathon, while continuing the creation of Robie's second excursion.

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Preface

This book is about me: my hopes, my fears, my dreams, and my reality. And perhaps it’s a little about you as well. But mostly it’s about me and how I ended up here in this present time where I’m choosing to consume only plants. It is not my wish to cast blame or to judge you or anyone else. Instead, I’d like to examine some commonalities that we all share. You, me, and all other living creatures populating the Earth.

There will be no claims of better personal and/or environmental health in regard to choosing a plant-based regimen. I’m not going to dwell on the point that there are some really great companies making delicious animal-free alternatives. And I’m not going to tell you that pigs wag their tails when you scratch behind their ears or rub their tummies, the same as dogs do. I’m not even going to tell you that cows, like most mammals, would do almost anything to protect their babies, even risking their own lives.

We’re not going to discuss the intelligence of chickens and how they can count. Don’t believe me? Try picking up one of those cute, yellow fur balls. Or just learn from my own stupidity and misplaced judgment. And, sadly, we’re not going to discuss the incredible lifespan these animals could’ve enjoyed if we weren’t in the business of breeding them for consumption.

What I am going to do is ask for you to use your conscience to really think about life as you know it. About what being alive means to you and your family, friends, and loved ones. About what it means for your pet, if you are lucky enough to have one or a few.

And then I’m going to ask you to consider what it could possibly mean for other animal species that you don’t regularly encounter; not while they’re alive anyway. Specifically, the aforementioned chickens, cows, pigs, and many others. Finally, I’m going to ask you to question some of the things you’ve accepted as truth thus far. And, of course, question everything you will read in this book.

Why question? Because it’s the only way for us to fully comprehend what we see and also what’s purposely hidden. Remember being a kid and nagging Mommy or Daddy with the constant, Why, when, or how? You were persistent to the point of annoying them, but you kept at it. When they failed to provide suitable answers, you went out exploring until you got the responses that aligned with what you believed in your core. The fundamentals. This is the truth of which I speak.

Truth isn’t true solely because everybody believes it to be. Popularity and worldwide acceptability do not make something true. I think truth comes from another place entirely. Perhaps somewhere deep within our soul. A distant voice, long forgotten, telling us that these animals we harvest for food are exactly the same as our pets. They feel love, loss, happiness, sadness, hope, dread, and everything else in between. They are like us, and we are like them. It’s fine if you don’t agree, but at least now you are considering the possibility.

Some truths are universally accepted without much question, as they fall in line with what we know as logic. Like the fact that most of the stars we see at night are actually suns. Based on our knowledge of our own sun, we know that these stars also produce heat. We can objectively conclude that a light source this intense would likely be harmful if we were to get too close.

But keep in mind that for a great period of time, not that far behind us actually, people also knew other things to be true. Like the fact that the Earth was flat. This was one of their universal truths. It wasn’t until we had developed the tech capable of disproving this belief that it became a myth. And thus, a new truth emerged.

Today we know for certain that the Earth is actually round. For the time being. We know that we are third from our sun, in a line of eight (used to be nine) planets. That we exist inside a tiny solar system among millions more. That these systems make up our Milky Way galaxy. That there could be millions of galaxies in our universe. There’s also the possibility of other universes in existence far beyond our reach. We also