Loved ones dying/getting sick from lack of treatment as a result of capitalism

except the only reason they haven't got money to treat the animal is because someone took more than their share

if only you had enough money to get an education you wouldn't have to have simple things like this explained to you

Look, I grew up in Alberta. Animals are used for either making money (slaughterhouse, or otherwise) or for personal comfort. If the owner is not capable of paying for medical treatment then it's their responsibility to have it put down. This has been the modus operandi since animals were first domesticated thousands of years ago.

It fucking sucks, I understand that. But ultimately this is how life works. Capitalism has nothing to do with it as pets aren't people, therefore they aren't entitled to unlimited healthcare like we are.

I get that, but you can't control a car hitting your cat out of the blue. Random events like that you've just got to accept. A cat getting sick from an easily treatable illness is a different story. Having to watch your friend slowly die knowing that he COULD be saved, but can't because money, and the lack thereof in my case, is the sole deciding factor for treatment. It fucking sucks man.

Except the owner isn't capable of providing medical treatment only because the wealth they created was appropriated by a third party and they received only a fraction of it back in wage.

Whatever man. We've got tens of trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street, give enormous subsidies to massively destructive/unethical companies, and start unwinnable, decade long wars in the middle east, but basic free healthcare (as in free tests/X-rays) for pets? Surely you must be insane. There's no money for that!

Then it's time to have it put down. But I also don't know (or particularly) care for the details of the situation. It's a value judgement, are you willing to forego things just to pay for your pet's healthcare? It's time to have that discussion with yourself.

Even in a pure communistic society, few could justify using veterinary resources on pets (pets would not exist as it's extremely bourgeois). Yes, it is very unfortunate that animals get sick but this is the responsibility it's owner takes on when they bought it.

Yeah, yeah. There's not much I can do to get around facing that painful reality now is there? The fact of the matter is, veterinary treatment is a luxury, which goes along with the luxury of owning another living thing in the first place. If you're rich, by definition, you can take proper care of that luxury with very little difficulty. If you're poor, or find yourself to be poor later on in life, then it's the whole "Tough shit. Deal with it. Guess you shouldn't have enslaved another living then." routine. You fuckers are just telling me things I'm already very well aware of. All I was looking for was a bit of sympathy for fuck's sake.

inb4 "You came to the wrong place"
inb4 "Tough shit, deal with it"

Look, my pet has had a good life. If he dies, he dies. At least I can take solace in the fact that he was loved and cared for. Not many cats or dogs that out there are ever so lucky as that. I just wish it didn't have to end this way. Over something as trivial as lack of money. I always hoped he would just pass in his sleep, or something. Not in a cold vets office with me giving the final order to have him euthanized. Ah well, it may not come to that just yet. And even if it does, it's just onwards and upwards I guess.

Veterinarians are still scum, though.

Enh, I suppose that's true. In an ideal world animals wouldn't have to be bred and traded around like a commodity/slaves only to serve as amusement/facsimile for companionship for humans. Bottom line is capitalism creates a lot of unnecessary misery for essentially everyone (pets included).

Setting aside pets though, medical care being withheld from humans due to lack of money is downright revolting and porky needs to get the life choked out of him ASAP for it.

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But if we were in a communist society the owner would have the spare resources to get treatment for the cat, which they are only unable to do because under capitalism those resources are monopolized by a few individuals at the expense of the majority.

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