10 mo. ago • 88%

How the turns table

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Most animals in captivity live a very short and very miserable life till or while they are harvested and then discarded. That is not something that is currently being done to humans in a nearly as bad way.

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- Does that include zoos (with modern standards)?
  
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  No, this is just reactionaries hating zoos without really thinking about what the good ones accomplish
  
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  Are the modern standards, that they just educate without imprisoning animals? If not, then no.
  
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- Animals aren't harvested for their money.
  
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  They are harvested for their organs
  
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  sure, just for their bodies and mammary fluids, that sure is better.
  
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  look up horseshoe crabs
  
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Wow, that must mean that we're in captivity! /s

Even if animals in captivity did live longer (which @WallEx@feddit.de contradicts), wouldn't it make more sense to think it's because of better treatment and healthcare?

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- To be fair, he's not contradicting the intended statement. "Animals in captivity" usually refers to zoos/aquariums/etc in this context.
  
  They are just pointing out that animals raised for food are also "animals in captivity," and have dramatically reduced lifespans.
  
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  Farm animals are not animals in captivity.
  
  Captivity implies being captured and being held captured.
  
  It is about wild animals that do live longer in a control environment albeit loosing their freedom.
  
  Animal farming is a different animal
  
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Wow, I guess Americans really are the freest people then

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Holy shit, I haven't seen this template for YEARS. Pulled out of one dusty ass meme vault...

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Self-domestication is a thing.

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So thats why the USs decreaced.

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