That, in terms of values and free will, you've collapsed the entire hierarchy of being. Human=duck=planarian=corn.
The key difference is the language is the language. Without it, you can't be a liar and a hypocrite or a fool. With animals there is no false pretense.
In your description humans are, if anything, worse than animals. Your deep misanthropy is another point.
you can't be a liar and a hypocrite or a fool.
Only those who see themselves as, and act as though they are, pleasure-seeking lower animals are wise, honest and discerning.
Another "words mean their opposite."
I have no doubts that.
Only those who see themselves as, and act as though they are, pleasure-seeking lower animals are wise, honest and discerning
No, just honest.