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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yeah. I often heard cattle used in that way, so that's why I thought it. So, no it's not wrong, but it was pretty wild to learn that it wasn't completely correct.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    What's wild to me is that humans decided to name a whole-ass species "Property".

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think it's the other way around.

    Like you might call a bunch of mindless followers "sheep". We didn't name the animal after those people, we started using the word that way because it reminded us of the animal.

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