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Pets are slaves. Stop trying to own emotions.
by aa-jv 4mo ago
Pets are slaves. Stop trying to own emotions.
- SJC_Hacker 4mo agoMore like cats enslaved humans
- nosioptar 4mo agoMy cats prefer to say they domesticated the damn dirty apes, enslavement makes it sound too much like we deserve the same freedoms as the cats.
- tonyedgecombe 4mo agoDogs have owners, cats have staff.
- Guthwine 4mo agoGenuinely curious - are sheep kept for their wool also slaves in your opinion?
- voakbasda 4mo agoThere is a ballot measure this Fall in Oregon that would ban pet and livestock ownership in the state. The backers got over 100,000 people to sign the petition. There are people that either simply do not understand the natural order that the majority of humans want to eat meat and keep pets, or they do not care about other people enough to respect their lifestyle choices.
- dguest 4mo agoCitation: - https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,_and_Intentional_Injury_to_Animals_Initiative_(2026) https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Criminalize_Hunting,_Fishing,... - https://www.yesonip28.org/ https://www.yesonip28.org/
- aa-jv 4mo agoYes, for sure. Any animal kept from its natural environment and harvested for its material resources is a slave. Doesn't matter if humans thing they're cute, tasty, or necessary. We literally enslave other living beings in order to feel good about ourselves. Pets are emotional slaves. People keep them because of the emotional value they provide to their lifestyles.
- Guthwine 4mo agoIn the past, though, dogs (domesticated wolves, however you want to look at it) were more akin to 'hunting partners', wouldn't you say? But for you the line is crossed when we start keeping them in kennels/breeding them, I guess?
- aa-jv 4mo agoNo, actually the line is crossed when people who keep slaves are dishonest about it.