It is a cool quote, but in context was said with the implication of “you call everything communism!”, rather than him genuinely claiming to be a communist.
Linus is somewhat decent, but his politics are more that of a vague succdem than anything commie, sadly.
a carnist wouldn’t eat a human due to their recognized capacity for suffering
I disagree with this assertion, at least for a large swathe of carnists. Yes, a meaningful amount of carnists live in denial by saying animals can’t suffer or other excuses. But a good percentage are consciously well aware that animals suffer.
So I don’t think my comment does prove the point. I’m trying to say that the moral basis of “don’t needlessly kill beings that can suffer” is not the basis that many/most carnists are working with, but instead simply default to “don’t needlessly kill human beings”. And I think there’s significantly more reason and complexity behind the basis of “don’t kill human beings” (or animals, actually) than simply realising their capacity to suffer.
I understand the thought process, but I don’t think carnism is based on “They’re too weak to stop me”. Nobody’s calling for the consumption of orphan children.
Just as you might not eat an animal due to e.g. its capacity for suffering. A carnist wouldn’t eat you due to your being a human. These are both material barriers.
Not gonna be me, illegally importing devices that don’t track your shit at a firmware level