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Do we really want to see more of the iceberg and see how badly we keep hitting it though the countless genocides and systems of torture?

I don't think so, no.

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Wouldn’t seeing more of the problem force people to confront their behavior?

I'm confused, to what "countless genocides and systems of torture" are you referring?

I will acknowledge that there have been genocides and tortures against practically every group of humans in the past, but I don't see how that is relevant.

I’m guessing they’re talking about things like factory farming, habitat destruction, hunting to extinction, etc. Genocide is the wrong word there and probably responsible for the downvotes, but “systems of torture” is depressingly accurate.

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