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You are aware of the historical precedents what happened when declaring people non-sentient?

• wruza 4y ago
  Not sure if we need historical precedents with farms full of pretty smart and feeling animals, which are much closer to our arrangement than a completely different model. But I don’t talk ethics here, only the status quo. We are the predators in power, and only we can decide if something is sentient and/or feeling and/or have rights. It doesn’t mean that we should decide in a way that you think is horrific. The key point is that there is no absolute truth and only how we collectively are thinking (partly by nature’s design, partly by social standards) will define how it will be. No one will judge us except ourselves. (Turned out a little hard for me to express it clearly, I hope it makes at least some sense)