The consumption of meat increases, the animals are transported for days or weeks to death, meat remains cheap, the meat mafia goes richer. Many say that is capitalism.
But in the countries of the so-called real socialism, there has also been mass animal husbandry under dire conditions. Carelessness and cruelty seem to be the basic moral of any system.
People will never stop seeing a value in their use of animals. That was 500 years ago, today is the same, only extremely worse. The original moral strength of capitalism was the usefulness of people’s attitude.
Through battles, sacrifices and laws, human animals have achieved a relatively decent standard of living, and especially formal rights.
Animal rights activists want to elevate other nonhuman animals to the status of dogs and cats who we care for so dearly.
They rightfully point out that there is no reason to value the lives of these nonhuman animals over those of cows, pigs, chickens, fishes, lobsters and others.
Favoring one species of thinking, feeling beings over another is irrational.
As a species, we view pets as products and simply do not give a shit about their suffering unless it is convenient.
Any Human who legally owns pets can control their right to freedom, autonomy, reproduction, and life itself.
When Human interests and the interests of pets are in conflict, the former win almost every time, even if they are relatively trivial in nature.
When we ask Humans to consider the hypocrisy of loving some animals while eating others.
We are essentially making comparisons between two groups of victims and asking the oppressors to elevate the status of one group to the that of the other.
It is analogous to a white person pointing out the similarities between two races to a fellow white person to make them question their hatred towards one of those races.
Animals are still subject to usability in today’s capitalist system. The pig, the cow, the sheep is not an animal. The system treats them just like a machine in a factory.
So if we want to abolish (or at least reduce) slavery and animal exploitation within this system, we have to play with its rules, we need giving capitalism the opportunity to earn money on vegan meat.
The hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite.