Human beings have capitalized on the silence of animals, just as certain human beings have historically imposed silence on certain other human beings by denying slaves the right to literacy, denying women the right to own property, and denying both the right to vote.
Gary Steiner, Animals and the Moral Community: Mental Life, Moral Status, and Kinship
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