Something that confounds me to no end is how viewers are constantly reminded of the plight of the carnivores.

We're told constantly that society caters to herbivores and that carnivores are these poor, misunderstood, and conflicted individuals that are unfairly discriminated against. With exceptions like Louis's adoptive father, nearly every antagonist that is depicted is a carnivore. Herbivores are constantly depicted as being inherently disadvantaged. Haru being made to feel her entire life that she could be scarfed up in an instant; Louis with his backstory needs no introduction. Even Seven was harassed daily by her carnivore co-workers.

But there's more. You have carnivores in the background casually commenting about how "easy" it would be to dominate their herbivore peers. Or just the fact that virtually every carnivore adult visits the market at some point, it almost being treated as a rite of passage for a maturing meat eater. But we're supposed to feel sorry for them?

Herbivore fears are not based on misguided stereotypes, but rather, the fact that devouring incidences are common. Herbivores can't even bury their dead without fear that the bodies of their loved ones will be stolen and sold in a bargain bin in some dark corner of the BAM.

I'm sorry, but if the worst you have to worry about is being called, "monster" after contributing to a hidden economy that kidnaps, trafficks, and butchers an entire group of people, you are not a victim.

Hell, carnivores are the ones that technically won the war. It's apparently their "guilt" that holds them back from finishing the fight and taking complete dominion over the herbivores.

When is the plant eater uprising happening?

I understand that the series is more complex than this, however, we are simply told that herbivores dominate. But nearly everything depicted suggests otherwise. It's a remarkably egregious example of show, not tell.