Originally Posted by webist
Folks were generally so busy working to earn a meager living that they didn't have sufficient leisure time. Otherwise history books would be replete with stories about protests over the abuse of horses.
Today we have the liesure to take up causes, even futile ones like getting rid of cars.
Ever read
Black Beauty? That was a protest against cruelty to horses. The Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Britain and the Humane Society in The U.S. were huge protest movements. People had plenty of time for other protest movements too--abolition and women's sufferage, to name just two of dozens.
While we're on the subject, if you were around in 1895, how many people believed that getting rid of horse transportation was a "futile idea"? Probably 99%. And yet, within another 10 years everyone knew that horse transport was doomed and the age of the automobile was fast upon us. Makes you wonder what will happen in the next ten years....