A chicken farmer has to be cruel (destructive) and must do unspeakable things to hens or go out of business. And short of living in the city, going out of business means death. There are many rural suicides connected with farmers going bust.
Like many other highly destructive pursuits, like deforesting by foresters or denuding the country by miners, animals farmers must destroy to live. We the consumer can’t mine copper or cut down timber or make food. We are dependent. We feel we have to support those people who can bring us the products we want. This is the rich world where many superfluous items are “needed” by us. Without them we believe we’d go mad.
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