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Manchu larper (Li Shuo is most likely a peasant from Shandong whose ancestors migrated to Manchuria in late 19th cent)  & "Aryan" larper both bringing hilarity. Schopenhauer on situation of animals in his day in Europe
& until early 20th cent Chinese had

https://x.com/CaribbeanRythms/status/1782404039231131683?t=Un1t-bdiGaZQP_RlkuNBkg&s=19

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Chinese lack of empathy is attributed to their agrarian upbringing, contrasting with superior pastoral cultures where animals were essential for survival and required care to produce quality milk and meat.

Your natural diet is rice and grain not meat.

a strong taboo against beef (including male buffaloes), especially in southern China. To quote Mao on this
books.google.com/books?id=RW4YD…
This is because oxen helped the Chinese peasant plough & came to be seen as family. The 2 groups most strongly associated with beef in 19th cent Qing

I disagree with the negative use of the word "peasant" but agree with the other points. To give some context, he is referring to a quoted tweet inside his quoted tweet from "New Chinese" progressive (and noted enemy on this forum) Manju Barturo (real name Li Shuo) where he is exalting animal cruelty.

Good replies to the quoted tweet from CarribeanRhythms:

We used to parade mass killing of animals in medieval hunting festivals, trying to claim as many heads as possible
Also, higher testosterone correlates with LESS empathy. So Pastoralists much have enjoyed dominating animals & increasing their suffering to drag out their products