Dogs working contribute to society, but don’t talk. I don’t know why being able to talk would suddenly change things for cats.
Cats would be the ultimate streamers, they get to do nothing but laying on their gaming chair bed and get showered with money.
“Welcome to the ASMR Cat Purring channel, I’m your host, Mr. Mittens”
Have you meet a cat? If they could talk it would be like talking to a spoiled todler. They will only do what they want and make a scene if you don’t do what they want right now! I think it would be worst for the humas. I know my life would be (more) ruled by my cats.
If cats could talk, they wouldn’t be cats. So it’s not really possible to answer this question :)
Yes, we would That is why they dont talk
We are but cats’ rich friends
Parrots and Crows talk and we don’t employ them.
There are cities in Scandinavia who’ve set up vending machines where crows can deposit a cigarette butt to get a food pellet. That’s a little like giving them a job.
Cats are smart enough to let their humans work for them.
*sorry, we’re on lemmy, let me rephrase :) *
Cats are the OG capitalist who let human feed them, house them and clean their shit while they sleep
We all like to joke about cats leeching but they’re definitely not Capitalist. They’re hunter gatherers for whom the concept of hoarding resources doesn’t exist. To them, when there’s plenty, you vie for it all within the social group (seems there are hierarchies?) and no one has to go hungry and there’s no waste (including wasted energy). This also preserves plenty of leisure and social time.
If raised in an environment where it makes sense to hunt and you encourage them to do so, they’ll happily contribute what they believe to be palatable food. If left alone, reasonably fit cats can fend for themselves too if necessary.
They’ll take what shelter they get and bury their waste so it can fertilize the ground.
