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Cassandrichdalias@hachyderm.io
Sep 21, 2026, 12:48 PM
I think it's that it's a call to adopt the mindset of the worst people throughout history, the ones who have deemed themselves above other life forms (including humans) on such a level that they are something aggregate to be managed for profit on a ridiculous scale beyond that which any one being should control, not something to care for. Something that it's even *shameful* to care for.
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Cassandrichdalias@hachyderm.io
Sep 21, 2026, 12:49 PM
Our servers or devices are not living beings, but the "cattle not pets" ideology still has us treating people's precious data the same way these monsters have always treated "lesser beings".
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Cassandrichdalias@hachyderm.io
Sep 21, 2026, 12:52 PM
It also reminds me of learning offhand (no particular traumatic experience, thankfully) as a child of how the law basically treats all animals, pets included, as cattle, and always has, and being horrified at the mindset of adults who would build such a system.
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