There was an episode of Stargate SG1 where, instead of killing humans, aliens subtly sterilized the whole population while greatly increasing the well being of existing humans.
This is not a great outcome for the future of humanity, and non-violent population collapse and slow recovery is not necessarily a great outcome for horses, Native Americans, or anyone else. It still serves to illustrate the central point, just with less rhetorical flourish.
May be it is more interesting to ask a question: why we preserve horses if we do not need them for transportation? I think the answer will be that their previous function made an imprint in our value system and now people have pleasure from horse-riding.
There was an episode of Stargate SG1 where, instead of killing humans, aliens subtly sterilized the whole population while greatly increasing the well being of existing humans.
This is not a great outcome for the future of humanity, and non-violent population collapse and slow recovery is not necessarily a great outcome for horses, Native Americans, or anyone else. It still serves to illustrate the central point, just with less rhetorical flourish.
May be it is more interesting to ask a question: why we preserve horses if we do not need them for transportation? I think the answer will be that their previous function made an imprint in our value system and now people have pleasure from horse-riding.
Yes, that is also an interesting question.