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Pet trusts: It is sad how pets are treated like kings, compared to people - but is easy to see why

Made me think of this thread, no wonder people want to walk dogs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29867290

No doubt - In SF, the elite treat their dogs better than the working class. I use to live in next to a doggie day care that cost +$1000/month.

It's a bit of a false equivalence, no? People who treat their pets well aren't necessarily the same people who treat others badly. These two things aren't mutually exclusive.

Maybe, just generally pointing out the discrepancy.

Unless people who treat their pets well also treat other humans badly, there is no discrepancy

Interesting, is this also an assumption?

I can totally see people put their children and interests ahead at the expense of others, the "selfish gene".

Just extrapolating, humans are not the most morally consistent creatures.

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