That’s because almost always, the relative impact of work in a given country is not going to be capped because we reach the maximum scale of animals that can be affected, but because it is going to be slowed down or stopped by other factors much faster than they will by the total capacity of the problem. For example, if in China there is only $100,000 of total funding for animal activism, it doesn’t really matter how big the animal production is from the scale perspective as long as it’s much larger than we are likely to help effectively with $100,000.
In the short term, I agree. But spending on China now increases the capacity to spend more on it later. So if we fill that hypothetical $100,000 funding gap now, in a couple of years it could be $300,000, and then it could increase further, maybe even exponentially. Snowball effect. Hence, if we think about where we want the animal advocacy movement to be in 30 years, furthering the movement in China is much more important than furthering the movement in countries like Lithuania.
Also note that cage-free campaigns in the U.S. and some European countries were capped out by the number of animals that are raised or sold in these countries.
In the short term, I agree. But spending on China now increases the capacity to spend more on it later. So if we fill that hypothetical $100,000 funding gap now, in a couple of years it could be $300,000, and then it could increase further, maybe even exponentially. Snowball effect. Hence, if we think about where we want the animal advocacy movement to be in 30 years, furthering the movement in China is much more important than furthering the movement in countries like Lithuania.
Also note that cage-free campaigns in the U.S. and some European countries were capped out by the number of animals that are raised or sold in these countries.