Humans, Cannibalism, and Animal Genocide: The Food that Talks

Humans have a unique gift for being impervious to their surroundings, especially shadowy areas. A case in point is the genocide, torture, and consumption of animals. Our manufactured society provides a buffer from the hard reality of Earth being a genocidal torture chamber for cows, chickens, pigs, fish, and other 'choice' life forms we deem worthy of devouring.

As of the writing of this article, the Animal Kill Clock total for this year (and we're only halfway through) is an outstanding 34,988,459,634, and that is in the United States alone. It is a number that reflects the amount of meat required to feed our species, and we are currently at 8,055,137,160. Can you imagine the amount of animals it would take to feed 10 billion of us?

From a cow's point of view, humans are monsters. But that is not how we see ourselves because chopped-up meat is neatly packaged in supermarkets. Gone are the days when grandma and the grandkids straddle a cow, slit its throat, pull out the guts, and section the meat for the freezer.

Society is like a McDonalds Playplace cage for humans (the envy of hamsters), with lots of tubes and tunnels just inches above the horrifying insane asylum.

The Human Predator

Humans are strange, contradictory, illogical killers. Suffering from the disease of stupidous, they have a long history of slaughtering each other through genocide, infanticide, and war. Much of which was "willed by God." The Aztecs, for example, sacrificed children to the rain god by drowning them. In spring, they peppered victims with a shower of arrows, skinned them, and the priests adorned themselves with these human "offerings" to increase vegetation in the dry season.

Here's a short list of some notable genocides:

• Holocaust (1941-1945)
• Armenian Genocide (1915-1923)
• Rwandan Genocide (1994)
• Cambodian Genocide (1975-1979)
• Nanking Massacre (1937-1938)
• Bosnian Genocide (1992-1995)
• Holodomor (1932-1933)
• Herero and Nama Genocide (1904-1908)
• Guatemalan Genocide (1960-1996)
• Assyrian Genocide (1914-1923)
• Indigenous Population of the Americas (1492 onwards)
• Ukrainian Genocide (1932-1933)
• Kurdish Genocide in Iraq (1986-1989)
• Darfur Genocide (2003-present)
• Biafran War and Famine (1967-1970)
• Native Tasmanian Population (1803-1876)
• Greek Genocide (1914-1923)
• East Timor Genocide (1975-1999)
• Bangladeshi Genocide (1971)
• South Sudan Civil War (2013-present)

Violence is ingrained in our collective psyche. A staggering thirteen million crimes are officially reported yearly in the U.S. alone. Entertainment media, including TV shows, movies, and novels, rely on depictions of murder and violence for their popularity. Works centered around intellectual pursuits like philosophy and science are more likely to struggle to find an audience. Despite humanity's claims of rationality, the evidence points to a more unsettling truth: We exhibit irrational and predatory behaviors characterized by a primal inclination toward violence.

The Food That Talks

Another human pastime is the historical habit of eating each other. Cannibalism's influence on human culture extends even to today, where ritual forms are widespread in Europe and the Americas. A prime example is the Holy Communion ceremony among Roman Catholics, where believers symbolically partake in cannibalistic practices. Catholic priests also perform the age-old ritual of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Thomas Jefferson referred to "cannibal priests," alluding to Catholics who believe they "actually" consume Christ's body during Holy Communion, while Catholic priests believe they "actually" drink Christ's blood.

The Fore Tribe in Papua New Guinea practiced cannibalism as part of their mortuary rituals. The Maori people engaged in cannibalism during times of warfare as a way to humiliate and gain power over their enemies. The Foresta people of Brazil practiced endocannibalism (consuming dead relatives as a form of respect and to keep their spirits alive). The Wari people ate their enemies' bodies as revenge and to gain power. The Carib people (Caribbean Islands) engaged in cannibalistic practices. In Papua New Guinea, the Korowai people engaged in cannibalism as a form of retribution for sorcery. And smaller groups in Melanesia and Polynesia engaged in cannibalistic practices, often linked to religious beliefs and rituals.

But let us not stop there. Hollywood has always had an obsession with human cuisine. Here's a small list of homo carnivorous entertainment:

• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• Ravenous (1999)
• We Are What We Are (2013)
• The Green Inferno (2013)
• Hannibal (2001)
• Raw (2016)
• Cannibal Ferox (1981)
• Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
• Parents (1989)
• Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
• Bone Tomahawk (2015)
• Eating Raoul (1982)
• Delicatessen (1991)
• Grimm Love (2006)
• Cannibal! The Musical (1993)
• The Road (2009)
• Julia's Eyes (2010)
• Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

More recently, the media elite celebrated the delectable 'sapien-diet' with a human effigy cake at a party where celebrities scooped sections of the body with delight. More interestingly, the climate change agenda:

A behavioral scientist from Sweden thinks cannibalism of corpses will become necessary due to effects of climate change. He made the controversial presentation to Swedish TV during a "Future of Food" conference in Stockholm. The scientist acknowledges the many taboos this idea would have to overcome. [1]

And let's not forget the Instagram story of actor Armie Hammer who was accused by several of his past lovers of having fantasies of BDSM and cannibalism. Although these are anecdotal accusations, this macabre Hollywood fetish is unsurprising.

"I am 100% a cannibal. I need your blood, I crave it. I want to cut off one of your toes and keep it with me in my pocket, so I always have a piece of you in my possession."

— Actor Armie Hammer

Just Passing Through 

So, what shall we do with this information? You decide if you want to live in the world with your eyes wide shut or open. I prefer the latter. I'd rather be aware of the freak show just in case I need to dodge a human slaughterhouse — ignorance is blind.

I recommend passing through the zombie horde undetected. Just keep walking and observing. Occasionally poke the dead (just to make sure they're dead), but, for the most part, keep your hands inside the boat.

One thing is for sure, if Earth is a metaphysical classroom, I don't plan on coming back.

— Zzenn