• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    Dunno if that’s true or not, but the claim gives big “those slaves just love being natural slaves” energy.

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      6 days ago

      Yeah I’ve been convinced by the comments here. There could be ethical honey. Just like theoretically there could be ethical milk/cheese, but the profit motive incentives abuse and exploitation. If you paid money for it, there is a 100% chance that a bee had to work harder than she would have otherwise with no recourse.

      It’s not the same as eating meat maybe, but the principle holds.

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      7 days ago

      I mean, a slave is a sapient being and a bee is an insect and may not even be sentient.

      I guess arguing “the bugs just love working” and “the blacks just love working” strikes me as fundamentally different.