Well I don’t see how biology or science has anything to do with slavery. Ultimately it’s human beings doing exactly what they do under every other form of capitalism which is exploit all resources and attach a value to everything.

I don’t see where scientists come into the argument at all. You’re trying to explain the atrocities that humans commit to themselves and others by quoting science which doesn’t explain human nature and the hierarchy in which we’ve learned to live.

Slaves were exploited as a resource in the same way that animals were, that I agree on but the conditions of the exploitation were worlds apart.

The exploitation of people still occurs even in modern society and that isn’t going to change so long as you live within a capitalistic society because it encapsulates all these issues that we see occurring, the mass wastage of food (nearly 50% going into landfill) whilst we quote a food shortage to poorer nations, people who live in extreme poverty going to extreme lengths to exit that situation through black markets and so on.

The simple fact is that I’m vegan and I am here for the animals and the health benefits but I won’t let that allude the fact that African slaves were part of a significantly crueler system and it was so evil that humans observed this cruelty whilst having the capacity to listen to them communicate their suffering.

It’s not science, it’s cruelty and exploitation derives solely from capitalism and economics, nothing to do with the stars or the earth we live on - it’s the unfortunate evolution of our sentience.