RE: Vegan Anarchy: Is carnism a bigger evil than statism?
Once again, thank you @danielshortell for always leaving thoughtful responses to my articles.
I, too, am a 'speciesist' in the sense of valuing human life more than animal life but, with that said, I believe our suffering is universal.
The best way to gauge the suffering of non-humans would be put ourselves in their shoes by imagining what would happen if a superior race of beings enslaved us for food. What we're going through is, in my opinion, nothing compared to the plight of farmed animals.
Also, although this is subjective, I believe the greatest amount of 'evil' is measured by the vulnerability of the victims, as I touched on at the end of the post: 'Have you ever wondered why it is that we universally detest those who harm children, the elderly and the disabled? It is because they are the most vulnerable members of society...'
No worries, happy to comment. I'm newish to veganism (1.5yrs) and I arrived for the health benefits...the moral and environmental benefits are added bonuses and I'm trying to refine my understanding of both, your articles are helpful to this end.
Your previous article about a superior race was quite poignant and had some fantastic points and thought challenges in it. I think you're spot on - empathy can and should apply to animals in order for people to achieve perspective.
I think you're way of expanding evil into a more applicable concept is quite concrete/instructive. I doubt you'd find many people that disagree with: an offense is particularly reprehensible (and cowardly) when targeted toward those with the fewest means of defense. It seems almost self-evident, now, the challenge is to get people to accept this idea across species perimeters.