Sounds like you try to bully people, does that make you feel good? Perhaps that explains how you see pets.
Can you show any scientific study that establishes that people own pets for the purpose of being cruel to animals? Seems like they could do that without owning pets.
CoPilot AI says based on the research available that people have pets for the following reasons...
"People choose to have pets for a variety of reasons, many of which are deeply emotional and personal. Here are some of the most common ones:
Companionship: Pets can provide a sense of companionship and reduce feelings of loneliness. They become part of the family and offer unconditional love and affection.
Emotional Support: Pets can be a source of comfort and emotional support. Many people find that spending time with their pets helps them manage stress, anxiety, and depression.
Physical Activity: Certain pets, especially dogs, encourage physical activity. Daily walks, playtime, and other activities can help keep pet owners active and healthy.
Social Interaction: Pets can be great conversation starters and help people connect with others. Dog parks, pet-related events, and even casual walks can lead to social interactions.
Purpose and Responsibility: Caring for a pet gives people a sense of purpose and responsibility. It can be especially beneficial for children, teaching them about empathy, routine, and care.
Therapeutic Benefits: Animal-assisted therapy is a growing field where pets are used to help people with various physical, emotional, and psychological issues. Therapy animals can provide support in hospitals, nursing homes, and schools.
Security: Some pets, like dogs, also provide a sense of security. They can be protective and alert their owners to potential dangers."
You seem to make a lot of assertions with little evidence and so readers are being misled if they believe you.
The most common form of slavery came from prisoners of war and "debt". Making up facts to support your narrative is sad. But I don't think your post was really about pets... you seem to want to suggest that people are innately driven to want to "own" people and pets have simply become the alternative.
At least as far as western civilization is concerned slavery was abolished because primarily Europeans believed liberty was "human right" and while others owned slaves for economic reasons, ultimately abolitionist movement triumphed and then the US and England tried to irradicate slavery in other civilizations around the world that practice it. Pretty different than the narrative you are trying to spin. Millions of white people died to end slavery around the world.
At the end of the day, slavery was an economic reason proposition, which is why ending it was so highly resisted by southern states. The "New World" was short workers because after taking land from the Native Americans, there was "free land" to be had and so farm workers abandoned the plantations. To offset this, plantation owners embraced slavery.
Interestingly, slavery was not particularly economically efficient. After the Civil War, many once slaveowners found they did better renting their land to previous slaves under sharecropper arrangements.
Many ancient societies thrived on slavery like the Egyptians and Romans. So, many citizens were deployed fighting wars, they used slave labor comprised mostly of prisoners captured in war to keep their economies running.
It is fair to argue that slavery remained common non-European nations and continues to thrive today in Africa and Asia. Why do you think Africans and Asians accept slavery when western civilization rejected it?
