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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Malice and disrespect would still be incentives, but how would it be profitable to dehumanize other humans if it didn't grant you any ability to exploit them more than you could exploit a "humanized human"? What reason would religion have (not that they'd need one to just make it up 🙄) to dehumanize other humans if it didn't imply your religious group is more valuable than the dehumanized humans (besides malice and disrespect)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people love feeling superior to others. That is one of the reasons the wealthy want servants.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I would argue that falls under malice and disrespect