Humans are a peculiar species in that they routinely prey on their own kind. Of course, when the predation is fatal for the prey, then we call it murder and classify it as a crime that's deserving of the deprivation of the perpetrator's rights, including, in the U.S., the right to life. However, there's little to be gained from killing, if the prey is not going to be consumed. So, while the husbandry of other animal species involves their slaughter, human husbandry mainly exploits the living. Indeed, even barely living humans attached to machines to keep their tissues from dessication and/or rot have proved to be a profitable enterprise.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting that all so-called "health care" should be classified as human husbandry. Human husbandry is pure exploitation -- legal, but providing no benefit to the victim. For a good example, consider the Governor of Florida's plan to extract urine samples from poor people to enhance the revenue stream of his testing facilities.
Mother Jones reports:
Rick Scott's Medicaid Overhaul to Benefit…Rick Scott?
Florida's governor is pushing a privatization plan that could be a major boon for health care companies. Like his.
Let me just note that while the designation of the federal overhaul of the private health insurance industry is inappropriately labeled Obamacare, since President Obama had virtually no input into reforms that rely on the several states to enhance and enforce patient protection provisions, Scott's supervision of Medicaid reform is clearly self-serving and designed to exploit an already impoverished population. Human husbandry par excellence.
Why does the wolf don sheep's clothing? So he can devour them at his leisure. Appearances are deceptive. Relying on superficial optics is hazardous to health.
