There is no doubt that the human species is a violent animal. And it doesn’t just extend to war or fighting or beating people up. Even people who announce they are peace loving wear clothes made from animals kept in cruel conditions or slaughtered for some part of their body and it is obvious that eating meat entails bloody violence of the worse kind. And even those who don’t, if they choose to live in society they cannot avoid using the proceeds of mass slaughter of animals.
So if we are so deep into violent behaviour why do we even talk about being peaceful and kind? Are we being self-deprecating and ironic? Or do we really see what we are and desperately want to be otherwise? I guess we will finally have peace when we are desperate enough.
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