You know in the film The Matrix, Neo learns to understanding the world around him and all its inner workings in a way that others can’t (or don’t know how to)?

Today I was looking at my cat, Amma, simply admiring her as I often do - and I realized that I don’t see her as my inferior or “just an animal”. I see her as a little person, with her individualities, quirks, likes and dislikes. I see her as an equal.

Of course I can see that she belongs to a different species than me. But in the same way that when I look at a woman or a black person I don’t focus on our differences, I do the same when I look at Amma or any other animal; I am able to focus on all the thousands of really incredible and important things that we share in common. And I know that whether I am in my shoe or theirs, I’d want to be respected - so I respect everyone back regardless of their gender, race or species.

But why don’t others do the same?

Almost 150 years ago Darwin shook the world with his publication that proved humans are simply another animal and not the special creation of a God. Unfortunately, although all well educated people today fully comprehend this, the majority still follow the moral principles of a society that saw humans as those supreme beings who were above all other creatures of earth. These people are Darwinists stuck in a pre-Darwin morality.

I just wonder how many more years it will take for all educated humans to see the world with new eyes and follow a set of moral conducts compatible with scientific findings? Because it’s hard to watch as my friends and peers make choices in life that directly impact individuals who are equally capable of suffering as they are. It’s hard to visualize that suffering every day at lunch time when I go to the restaurant as see body parts of these individuals who were so terribly discriminated against.

Taking the red pill means being aware of those horrors - but it also means you are no longer a part of it.

  1. mrchloro posted this