“The opposition [to abolishing factory farming] commanded resources which significantly exceeded our own. In order to have a realistic chance at the ballot box, any future initiative would likely require a substantially larger budget and campaign team.”
I don’t mean to be a debby downer, and in fact I’d be happy to join a campaign team with you, especially after watching your vid.
Thank you David, your supporting words mean a lot. I looked up the article you mentioned, it’s great to see that this referendum took place. It seems the initiative lacked the resources to create a campaign powerful enough.
The plan stems out from my broader idea of creating a place for people to contribute with their work, rather than with their money… Volunteering for the cause might spread like a virus, if it would be rewarding enough for the volunteers, whereas with money… you’re always running out of it.
If you ever tried to get help on a street you know it is much easier to get people do something for you, than make them give you money.
So I think there is a room to change how we want people to do charitable things in general… I think it’s mainly about organizing and motivating ourselves in the right way.
How many students have the means or motivation to donate money to charity, that then buys commercials, that aim to convince the great parents of the students, to join the referendum?
But how many of these students could be motivated to spend a few hours a month advocating in their social circle, if they would be given a chance to be a part of a cool organization, that has clear and ambitious goals, and invites them to go to a war with the cruelties and to step out of their comfort zone at the same time?
I like your spirit although I’m afraid it would take more than a referendum to upend factory farming.
One was recently held in the Switzerland and, even in that relatively progressive place, most Swiss voted to hold onto the status quo. You can find out more about it here: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/gDRH2SrN34KdDvmHE/abolishing-factory-farming-in-switzerland-postmortem which includes:
I don’t mean to be a debby downer, and in fact I’d be happy to join a campaign team with you, especially after watching your vid.
Thank you David, your supporting words mean a lot. I looked up the article you mentioned, it’s great to see that this referendum took place. It seems the initiative lacked the resources to create a campaign powerful enough.
I recently outlined a draft of a plan how we could prepare public for such a referendum here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6Nu4zXBEeNREKWa4Q/how-to-end-animal-factories-faster-simple-idea-of-a-plan
The plan stems out from my broader idea of creating a place for people to contribute with their work, rather than with their money… Volunteering for the cause might spread like a virus, if it would be rewarding enough for the volunteers, whereas with money… you’re always running out of it.
If you ever tried to get help on a street you know it is much easier to get people do something for you, than make them give you money.
So I think there is a room to change how we want people to do charitable things in general… I think it’s mainly about organizing and motivating ourselves in the right way.
How many students have the means or motivation to donate money to charity, that then buys commercials, that aim to convince the great parents of the students, to join the referendum?
But how many of these students could be motivated to spend a few hours a month advocating in their social circle, if they would be given a chance to be a part of a cool organization, that has clear and ambitious goals, and invites them to go to a war with the cruelties and to step out of their comfort zone at the same time?
Again, thank you and I will message you.