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And yet, unhitched from the menial task of transportation, the average horse today enjoys a far better quality of life than the average pre-car horse. Why? Horse girls. You see, now that the market demand for horses is no longer based on actual horsepower, horses can render the service of "just being themselves" for those who appreciate that most (in much more forgiving circumstances). In this way, horses truly are forever... and the real losers really are mankind. And its machines. In this essay, I will

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

point missed, metaphors discovered. just don't overlook the dissonance in the fact that horses being incapable of organizing a resistance is another point against the ethics of enslaving them