The biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be Animals
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
To be fair, if I took my cats values and morals there would be a bloodbath.
-
The view that we're better than the rest of the life on this planet is likely one of the drivers behind climate change. It's used to justify the destruction of entire habitats. Habitats other beings feel is their home.
A lot of folks may know that they're animals, in a scientific sense. But they don't feel it in their bones or really empathize. Folks are often raised to think of animals as potential food, after all. So, it runs a bit deeper than taxonomy. And is more like a cultural habit of feeling better than, because we often don't eat animals and don't have many predators to worry about other than each other.
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
No. The biggest problem with climate change is that people are profiting off it. That's it. Nobody needs to pretend that they're better in order to care only for themselves.
-
You might be interested in looking into Cynic philosophy and into the sparse but colorful stories surrounding Diogenes of Sinope
-
Humans could all be grey blobs and people would still argue they are greyest and blobiest. They love to feel special.
-
That's why furries were invented
-
We are above animals though, humans were able to conquer the earth, light it up, send its people beyond it, create complex language and more whilst animals can’t really do any of that
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Not sure if high, but OP is definitivelly BASED!
-
Can you do any of that?
-
This is called speciesism, the believe that your live is worth more/you are better simply because of your species.
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
animals literally did that. we are those animals.
-
Hey, I recognize a The Fairly OddParents reference when I see one. That's good taste, fella
-
I know my fella Dionegenes pretty well. He was based as fuck
-
I love people who are like "we need to return to nature!"
Like, I get the sentiment and we should definitely try to coexist with the rest of the animals since were smart enough to, but i think its important to remember that we are nature. We cannot separate ourselves from it. Even skyscrapers are natural. Just ask a termite.
-
-
I could with enough motivation yeah
-
[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
But only one specific species of animals did that. Most animals are incapable of doing that, which is why we are superior
-
So no, you can't. Guess you aren't human, just an animal huh?
-
How can I not though? Every human is capable of doing these things. What makes us better than animals is that we can cooperate on much grander things that extend beyond death
