Corona virus, China major city lockdowns, etc.

[Niya]

It has a important implication in human degradation.
It is not about what you think about animals, it is about what you think about you. How much value you have as a human.

Wow. This is very insightful. I had never considered it from this angle but it makes sense. They weaken you when they convince you that you are less than what you think are.

EDIT:

The less you think of yourself. The less likely you are to think that you might be better than someone else. Another way of nipping potentially revolutionary behavior in the bud.