Good stuff. Over the past couple hundred years, we've been outgrowing racism and sexism and now, some of us have also stopped justifying the violation of others because of age and species too. Still a long way to go but I'm optimistic in the long run. Thanks for doing your small part.
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. When we look at all injustices throughout history, it usually stems from a superiority complex. The powers that shouldn't be in govt and other institutions believe they are superior to the rest and, similialrily, but to an even worse degree, we believe we are superior to animals and therefore try to justify our actions.
We are superior... we're more evolved and capable of producing more value... but that doesn't mean that we should violate those beneath us in the evolutionary ladder. If anything, our greater power should come with greater responsibility. In other words, we should know better. A lion will violate the nonagression principle on a regular basis because his biology compels him to and he doesn't know any better. We don't have that excuse.
I disagree that we are superior. If creatures such as bees, for example, died out, our society would collapse. Having intellectual authority over others and being able to create technology does not make us superior; it simply makes us more evolved.
I agree with us having more responsibility for being higher up the evolutionary ladder. We should be the caretakers of this planet. Instead, we're destroying it.