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Most people just aren’t philosophical about their dining habits or their pets. Both are mostly cultural things. In an alternate reality, pigs would’ve been bred
by baron816 3y ago
Most people just aren’t philosophical about their dining habits or their pets. Both are mostly cultural things. In an alternate reality, pigs would’ve been bred to be pets and dogs would’ve been bred to be livestock. Or maybe both would’ve been pets or both would’ve been livestock. Either way, it took thousands of years for us to get to the point where we are where dogs are pets and pigs are livestock, and you can’t easily undo that on a global scale by saying “pigs are smart and sentient so we shouldn’t eat them.” I wish we could, but that’s just not how cultural change happens.
- johnea 3y agoI agree with your entire reply. > Most people just aren’t philosophical about their dining habits or their pets That is to say, people typically pursue these behaviours without considering the reasons or consequences. This is what I would call "not giving a shit" > mostly cultural things I also agree with this. Other things that are "mostly cultural things": war, all other forms of murder torture and rape, slavery, colonialism and other forms of physical domination of one group by another, destructive assault on the natural environment for profit with no consideration for the long term consequences.