The dangerous species

We humans may think we’re free but perhaps we’re trapped by our fear of loneliness and loss of freedom. To prevent this loss we try to safeguard it, climbing the ladder of society in the hope of gaining enough influence to feel safer. Or we build up stocks of money, to feel safer. To that end we exploit all available resources, to feel safer. The most readily available and most exploited resource is the animal. Animals are money.
We show great care for friends but we care for making money even more. If we truly respected money we wouldn’t waste it, we wouldn’t accumulate it for safety reasons, or be cruel to get it or push others aside if they’re in our way.
Take animals as a resource. They represent money and the prospect of their being exploited comforts us economically. Whether or not it’s a valuable sentient animal, if it makes money we aren’t constrained. The more money we make from this resource the safer we feel.
In our quest for security we become pragmatic. We try to justify the unjustifiable and generally desensitise ourselves until compassion and imagination are too weak to make any difference. That’s how we exploit the bejesus out of animals. This makes humans the most dangerous species on the planet.