being a social parasite

Parasites are hated for what they are built for--leeching the life off other organisms, in the form of blood or ingested nutrients. What we forget is that we also rely on other organisms for vitality, the only difference is that we kill our sources. We usually need to end the lives of other organisms in order to gain nutrients, with the pitiful exceptions of the honeybee, the cow, and other slaves of production. In this society that operates on the binary of the consumer and the consumed, we do parasitize some organisms, but only to supplement our diet centered on the ending of life. Of all the purely heterotrophic organisms, parasites take the nonviolent approach, and we shun them for this simply because they may hamper the growth of other organisms. We should celebrate their unwavering determination to remain opposed to confrontation, not ridicule it simply because we, as murderers, do not understand this vow of peacefulness.