Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the New York City council have agreed to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city, a popular tourist attraction that has faced widespread scrutiny.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the New York City council have agreed to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city, a popular tourist attraction that has faced widespread scrutiny.
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Comparing this to slavery is certainly a take, but yes, some slave owners were compensated: https://aas.princeton.edu/news/when-slaveowners-got-reparations
I just think we can do more to help everyone, and that includes people who do this work.
What was normal 200 years ago, we now see as disgusting. If the civilization progresses, I’m sure in 200 years they will also find disgusting how we treated those horses.