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> I doubt we'd do this to humans. So the only way to be okay with this is adhering to a form of specieism. The obvious historical pointer to the Holocaust as a
by ffsm8 7mo ago
> I doubt we'd do this to humans. So the only way to be okay with this is adhering to a form of specieism.
The obvious historical pointer to the Holocaust as a well covered example of people being treated like that - and a fact often swept under the rug: people are being treated essentially like that in North Korea, today.
An older interview but still good to watch
https://youtu.be/ZGJm4bjRaaE?is=E2hFWYi-ynPnWGfm https://youtu.be/ZGJm4bjRaaE?is=E2hFWYi-ynPnWGfm
- Insanity 7mo agoOk, I should maybe have said “I doubt we’d think it’s Okay to do this to humans”.
- ffsm8 7mo agoYeah, but it seems we do think it's okay, after all North Korea has been doing that for decades and people don't care whatsoever. NK contractors continue to be employed all over the world. Instead people are outraged about the dictators in the middle east etc. Whatever you wanna say about the Gaza atrocities - it applies 100x to North Korea. And yet, nobody cares. I think that's the real thing you can take away from these issues: nobody cares unless there is a politically motivated party that wants to achieve their goals and thus shapes the public narrative enough to get it's will through
- unclenoriega 7mo agoI can't invade North Korea. I can avoid eating pigs.
- ffsm8 7mo agoThat may be true in your region. I myself live in Germany. Here, you get subventions by animal on the farm - hence here, you're literally paying for and enabling it wherever you actually purchase the meat or not. But I get where you're coming from.