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The concept of "owning" an animal always seemed a bit weird to me. Especially for wild animals. The animal in question doesn't know about this relationship. It
by jobigoud 3y ago
The concept of "owning" an animal always seemed a bit weird to me. Especially for wild animals. The animal in question doesn't know about this relationship.
It's a bit like saying the Sentinelese uncontacted tribe are Indians… When they don't know what India is. Or selling land rights to a distant planet.
They are conventions between people, about a third party that isn't part of the same system.
- tivert 3y ago> The concept of "owning" an animal always seemed a bit weird to me. Especially for wild animals. The animal in question doesn't know about this relationship. > ...They are conventions between people, about a third party that isn't part of the same system. What's so weird about it? In 100% of ownership relationships that do not involve human slaves, the thing being owned doesn't know about the relationship. My car dosn't know I own it. The bag of flour doesn't know the grocer owns it. The field doesn't know the farmer owns it. The farmer's cow doesn't know the farmer owns it. The trees in private forest don't know the forest's owner owns them. etc.