Is Human race superior?
While I believe the etymology of the words superior and inferior related to geo locations, people used it to feel better about themselves. They were better when superior to other species and when that didn't suffice they started feeling superior altogether to other races, skin colors, Nationality, sex, social status, income, and more. Once you were into a gathering of people you would immediately be labeled superior or inferior. With time there were flavors of the two to segregate communities even further. Then equality was introduced as a barometer of paced superiority that allowed groups of people to entertain same goals. If you were deemed superior or at least equal you had the right to contribute to rules that would promote your kind and keep the inferior kind at a long distance. Mingling was forbidden and punishable by law. Since superior people needed inferiors to constantly remind them of their grandeur, they surrounded themselves with animals, servants, slaves . And it doesn't stop here: if you were a slave of a larger and more "reputable " house you yourself were superior to other slaves. And some from the animal kingdom liked the idea and tried it on themselves. Show dogs and champions were far superior among their friends while street dogs with no owners were slaves in hungry chains.
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