Species equality

There is no sense of equality between the species. Humans are speciesist. This is how things are, but not to vegans, who no longer depend on the usefulness of animals and who can therefore respect them as individuals; we see them as irreplaceable and therefore don’t exploit them. Whereas non vegans see them as part of an amorphous mass, and the more you cut them down the more they replace themselves. In our world animals are either companions and honoured friends or they’re dinner or they’re resources or they’re pests to be eradicated. We are at our most diabolical in our treatment of the ‘edible animals’. Where our ‘keeping’ a dog as a pet is a relatively benign activity, when we eat a cow it is not at all a benign activity. The cow is neither a loved companion animal nor does she have the dignity of being wildlife. Farm animals are almost man-made and purpose built. In no sense at all do we have a true relationship with them, since we regard ourselves to be superior to them in every way.
This is why vegans get so upset about animals. If this separation attitude could be changed then immediately animal slavery would stop, and then everything else comes tumbling down; the hubris, the superiority, the exploitation and the suffering. In its place comes a normal, loving feeling towards our cousins, the animals.