we should let them into our homes and into our hearts

:comrade-raccoon:

  • sadfacenogains [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    No animal 'wants' to be domesticated. Domestication is eugenics performed on animals against their consent, since no wild animal would want to be neutered just because it doesnt nuzzle up to you.

    As a member of Anti-Human-Aktion I call for the immediate liberation of all pets and other animals kept for food, hair, leather, work etc.

    • sexywheat [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      No animal ‘wants’ to be domesticated.

      Not true. Cats domesticated themselves. When humans invented agriculture, cats started hanging around grain silos because they would attract mice and would generally be warmer than outside. They took one look at us and were like "Yeah...you're all right...I guess." and we thought the same of them.

        • EthicalHumanMeat [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Literally no they're not.

          (sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.

                • EthicalHumanMeat [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  No, it's not. Concepts of race and disability don't apply to selective breeding in animals. Policies of eugenics involve controlling humans and human behavior.

                  They're misusing the word to try to draw a false equivalence between selective breeding in animals and crimes against humanity like mass sterilization programs of oppressed peoples and genocides.

                  There's a subset of vegans who love to do this shit.