I mean, in many cases you could. In many places there aren't even laws against it. I'm personally of the opinion that we should treat animals similar to how we would treat humans, thus the translation for others to consider the same.

[–] trias10@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I totally agree, we should treat animals the same as we treat humans. I really don't understand why so many people value animal lives lesser to those of humans.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes and if you read the Vox article the meme is referencing, this is very much not the case. Mother pigs being torn apart literally as factory farm workers laugh, make jokes, and generally make comments you'd hear out of a dramatized serial murderer.

These practices not only have horrific effects on the animals obviously, but these workers lose whatever shreds of humanity they might have going into it, and I'd assume they have similar sick fantasies about murdering/torturing humans in a similar fashion.

[–] raptir@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d assume they have similar sick fantasies about murdering/torturing humans in a similar fashion.

That is a huge leap. Because of the nature of the work, most people I've met who work in animal agriculture just don't see their livestock as conscious in any way, let alone at all equivalent to a human.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

No, they say "Rip that removed in half" prior to splitting a mother pig in half. The article points out that piglets are fed other chopped up piglets and feces and.

The workers are recorded as saying things like "I needed that", indicating that beating these animals is not just a necessity, but inherently pleasurable to them.

I dont think a person who makes such statements and those that are willing to laugh/nod in agreement at such sentiments are in a healthy mindset. Those kinds of statements in that context indicate these are people who get pleasure out of torturing and killing living beings. I disagree that this is a huge leap. Given enough time in dehumanizing conditions like that, every animal becomes just a hunk of flesh, rather than a being with complex feelings and experiences.

And I'm not naive enough to believe that this kind of work doesn't attract particularly sadistic people.

I suggest you read the article:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23817808/pig-farm-investigation-feedback-immunity-feces-intestines