THERE IS NO REASON OR AGENCY AMONG ANIMALS. Speech provides the illusion that th

THERE IS NO REASON OR AGENCY AMONG ANIMALS.

Speech provides the illusion that the rider controls the elephant, when in fact, there are very, very, few of us whose elephants correspond to reality, and as a consequence so do our riders. There is a reason that the animals do not argue rationally – because they lack agency, and because they lack agency, they are not in fact humans.