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It feels like this is preface for making one of two arguments: Either all living organisms are chattel, or no living organisms can be chattel. I say this be because saying everything is neurons (or whatever basic interconnect you choose) wipes away any demarcation one could use to differentiate between "has rights" and "does not have rights."

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Here's the thing, trying to convince people that rely on something being chattel can only be resolved violently. We've run through this before, and know all the self-serving argument forms. They will latch on to their property until their hands are forcibly removed from it. It's part of why most of the money is on the pro-chattel side.

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