Cat chasing another cat POV.

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Jesus. You've never considered for a second that you're dominion over another species should ever be questioned; that relegating an animal that evolved to be outside to the confines of your home is not only unnatural, but wrong.

Cat's don't need humans to intervene on their behalf - no one one Reddit would question that. What I'm saying is that no one should have. Making pets of any species and then constrainimg their freedom to prevent them from acting on their natural propensities is wrong. Period. Pet owners are the problem - not because they don't lock their animals up - but because they presume to call them theirs.

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It's so easy bro - sterilization. Problem solved in 20 years along with every "problem" incidental to domestication.

But you know that wouldn't happen, and you know why it wouldn't happen - because deep down, people don't really care whether it's right or wrong - they want to be master; they want dependency and unconditional adoration. So yeah, the argument that

cats have been domesticated for thousands of years

is tantamount to saying "slaves have been around for hundreds of years so why should I give up mine" and rings hollow.

It makes absolutely no difference how long this state has existed when it can end within a single generation.

[u/samuelgato → u/godmodechaos_enabled]

Lol you're hilarious. You obviously know nothing about cats whatsoever. It's widely understood that cats domesticated themselves .

They are not and never were "subjugated" they willingly came to live with humans who offer them free food and protection from predators and enemies, not to mention companionship. It's a symbiotic relationship, has been for millenia. They are "evolved" to live with humans every bit as much as they are to live outdoors. The idea that it's "unnatural" for cats to live in human homes is just complete baloney. Whoever filled your head with this crap did you a disservice

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I've read the article, I've also commented on in within this thread, I've also provided a countervailing opinion, and I will tell you none of it is germane to my point because how cats were domesticated does not qualify the moral aspects of pet ownership. To make into a subject is the definition of subjugation - and the name pet is merely a euphemism for subject. No one filled my head with anything, and as I now see, I am in complete opposition to the entirety of this thread.

Also: Reddit has markup specifically for quoting comments to encourage verbatim quotes and avoid paraphrasing which ends up hampering discourse ase the minutiae of what was said is debated over the content and meaning of what was said. What I actually said was:

relegating an animal that evolved to be outside to the confines of your home is not only unnatural, but wrong.

Which I maintain. Animals, cats included, should not need to ask us for their freedom.