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This book isn’t even trying to argue for veganism but never have I been more compelled…
“A need shaped in the wild continues to be felt subjectively even if it is no longer really necessary for survival and reproduction. The tragedy of industrial agriculture is that it takes great care of the objective needs of animals, while neglecting their subjective needs”
— Jan 10, 2026 10:17PM
“A need shaped in the wild continues to be felt subjectively even if it is no longer really necessary for survival and reproduction. The tragedy of industrial agriculture is that it takes great care of the objective needs of animals, while neglecting their subjective needs”
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lily
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“We are more powerful than ever before but have very little idea what to do with all that power… We are consequently wreaking havoc on our fellow animals and on the surrounding ecosystem… Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don’t know what they want?”
— Jan 10, 2026 10:24PM
lily
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“If we accept a mere 10th of what animal rights activists are claiming, then modern industrial agriculture might well be the greatest crime in history.”
— Jan 10, 2026 10:21PM
lily
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“States and markets composed of alienated individuals can intervene in the lives of their members much more easily than states and markets composed of strong families and communities. When neighbors in a high rise apt building can’t even agree on how much to pay their janitor how can we expect them to resist the state?”
— Jan 10, 2026 10:19PM
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What is natural?
Natural and unnatural originate not from biology, but from christian theology… But evolution has no purpose… There is not a single organ in the human body that only does the job its prototype did when it first appeared hundreds of millions of years ago… Mouths, for example
— Jan 10, 2026 10:14PM
Natural and unnatural originate not from biology, but from christian theology… But evolution has no purpose… There is not a single organ in the human body that only does the job its prototype did when it first appeared hundreds of millions of years ago… Mouths, for example