Bello Bear 30 April 2025 “I Like Cereal” [OC] Please subscribe !bellobearofficial@lemmy.world for new comics Mon, Wed and Friday!
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Artist: @MrSebSin@sh.itjust.works
How do they determine which plants are sapient and which plants are food?
How do we determine which animals are sapient and which are food?
My point was partially that out here in the real world, we don't care or turn a blind eye and do the murder anyway. In this cutesy cartoon where even plants can be sapient, the same ugly scenario is actually worse and it's staring us in the face.
Animals that demonstrate an ability to communicate abstract concepts indirectly and symbolically are the sapient ones.
There are many non-sapient specimens among the ironically-named "homo sapiens" species. However, if one wishes to be cautious one must assume that all members of a species where some individuals have demonstrated sapience may nevertheless possess latent sapience.
It can be very frustrating though, because so many of them absolutely deserve to be food -- especially the "wealthy" ones.
All animals are food.