We all know that there's a better selection of non-vegan meals in non-vegan restaurants. We also know that being invited over to dinner with non-vegan friends who don't know anything about vegan cooking most likely means that we won't get a 5 course, vegan gourmet meal there.
Still, being vegan is a lot easier than it was a few decades ago.
Some people feel that it's hard to be a vegan (since relatively few people are vegans) - and some may forget that if they avoid being asking for vegan meals in restaurants etc. now, this means that in 10 or 20 years from now, it will be a lot more difficult to get a decent vegan meal at restaurants than it would have been if all the vegans (and vegetarians who are lacto-vegetarians, but would have been vegans if it was 'easier') would actually ask for vegan meals and vegan products today.
Like someone said, "The best way to predict the future is to invent it". If all the lacto-vegetarians I've met over the years would not have been accepting meals with cheese, butter, eggs and cream in restaurants and cafes, all these places would have been a lot more vegan-friendly today. They'd like to become vegans if it was easier, but a main reason for the possible difficult-ness is that these people accept animal products in vegetarian and other restaurants! It's pretty clear that if vegans and pro-vegan lacto-vegetarians won't ask for vegan meals and products today, the likelyhood that these meals and products will be available in the future will decrease.
Veganism isn't only about what we eat, and definitely not only about what we eat at restaurants an cafes, so I thought I should start a little list about all the things that are easier now than it was before - in terms of being a vegan.
1) A lot more people know what the word 'vegan' means.
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