none of these things exists outside the stories that people invent and tell one another. There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no … - Yuval Noah Harari

There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination.

There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings.

Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology.

Shepherds and farmers throughout history showed affection for their animals and have taken great care of them, just as many slaveholders felt affection and concern for their slaves. It was no accident that kings and prophets styled themselves as shepherds and likened the way they and the gods cared for their people to a shepherd’s care for his flock.

Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history.