I think this is missing the very critical understanding that selective breeding is completely unavoidable. Not every possible pairing occurs, and those that do occur produce different amounts of offspring. Both of these factors are controlled by human choice.
Your points make more sense if you talk about WHO is doing the selection. There is no “we” in this, there are only billions of individuals, all doing some amount of selection. Some imposed coordination would be problematic, but that’s because the imposition is evil, not because of selection itself.
I didn’t see the need to clarify because I’ve never heard anyone use the term “selective breeding” in the context of individual mate selection. Of course you’re correct that individual choices about whom to reproduce with affect trait selection, but I don’t think many people find the ability to choose one’s own spouse problematic.
I think this is missing the very critical understanding that selective breeding is completely unavoidable. Not every possible pairing occurs, and those that do occur produce different amounts of offspring. Both of these factors are controlled by human choice.
Your points make more sense if you talk about WHO is doing the selection. There is no “we” in this, there are only billions of individuals, all doing some amount of selection. Some imposed coordination would be problematic, but that’s because the imposition is evil, not because of selection itself.
I didn’t see the need to clarify because I’ve never heard anyone use the term “selective breeding” in the context of individual mate selection. Of course you’re correct that individual choices about whom to reproduce with affect trait selection, but I don’t think many people find the ability to choose one’s own spouse problematic.