To understand the interaction between humans and dogs, in addition to necessary distinctions, some fundamentals are also required.
This involves the mutual orientation toward one another and the ” important other .”
“Liberty, equality, fraternity” – these are beautiful utopian ideals.
In the animal kingdom, only “fraternity” is found among these, but this is always based on a hierarchy.
It is an illusion of Westerners that everyone can be a chief, and no one has to be a simple Indian.
DOGmatism
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