More Humans Should Ask Themselves Why Anyone Should Care About Their Suffering

The Golden Rule: treat others the way you'd like to be treated

A team of 4 pig haters capture a pig in a tiny, inescapable, mud-filled ring and dump them inside of a metal barrel at the Sheridan, Wyoming County Fair pig wrestling event.

The following is written by a fellow vegan friend, Jasmine Afshar:

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You don't want to suffer for someone else to live in luxury.

You call it corrupt when you are born into this world with the sole purpose of serving other humans with more privilege than you to help them rise to the top while you suffer.

You call it unjust when people discriminate against you based off appearance, perceived intelligence, ability, cultural norms, and language. 

Pigs struggling on their way to the killing factory during the scorching July heat in Burlington, Ontario. This is like a warmup exercise for the gas chambers they will soon be forced into.

You say it's inexcusable to murder entire subgroups or nations of people to harness resources from them without their consent.

Yet, you do it all to other animals without consideration for them or any modicum of remorse.

Nobody wants to be treated like they are an object or tool whose sole purpose is to cater to the whims of those with power.

Two trailers full of intact dead pig bodies and one trailer full of various pig body parts, including endless ears and snouts, at a rendering facility in Des Moines, Iowa.

Nobody wants to suffer for someone else's exorbitant privilege. 

Nobody wants to be without freedom and autonomy.

Nobody wants to be exploited.

A pig ‘farmer’ at the Washington State Fair reaches for piglets who are nursing, resting, or sleeping and lets the children pet them. He told the children the piglets are “bacon seeds.”

Humans and non-humans share so much in common.

But you only want to see the differences because it helps you justify the torturous life you inflict on them.

Why should anyone care about your suffering if you don't care about others?

Pigs being sold at a market in Mazatlan, Mexico.

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An industrial pig ‘farmer’ inside the Animal Learning Center at the Iowa State Fair by sows who were brought to the fair to give birth in front of live audiences. His shirt says “We Care | Animals | Environment | People.”

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