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		ciconia on April 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Work with Suicidal Farmers > even though emotional relationships are built with what is also their capital Living among farmers (France) I can confidently say they have no emotional attachment to their animals. For them it's just raw material.

GalacticDomin8r on April 29, 2019 | [–]

The emotional de-attachment is needed for many people I expect. I once raised a small herd of bottle calves. The day I sold them to market is the day I dropped any dream of raising livestock.

agumonkey on April 29, 2019 | [–]

Odd, some of them have the paradoxical statement that 'they love their livestock'.

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