Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters push it, often forcefully, as the video to watch to see what factory farming really involves, and some say it changed their diet.
What it is
Dominion is a two-hour documentary using drones and hidden cameras to expose conditions in animal agriculture, including food, clothing, entertainment and research. It questions humanity's dominion over animals.
Recommended by 10 HN commenters across 12 different months, 2019 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec rewq4321 · 2020-09 · on “Australia to produce seaweed cattle feed that reduces methane emissions by 80%”
By which definition of "relevant" are animal cruelty[0] and pandemic-level diseases not included? COVID-19 is very "tame" compared to what's possible. There's a sense in which we're lucky that we got this pandemic as a practice round for something which we know has the potential to be much, much worse. This isn't controversial at all. [0] If you think it's not that bad, watch Dominion: [this video]
Strong rec beigeoak · 2020-11 · on “World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin (2018)”
> If you can determine the sex of a hatching egg you can entirely dispense with the culling of live male chicks Here is the video, timestamped (24m30s) to the "culling" of male chicks. Trigger Warnings: NSFL, Gore. [this video] On a purely personal note, this documentary made me re-evaluate my diet. I'm still not strong enough to be off meat even though that is what I want, but I have successfully abstained from chicken, pig and cow for the past 2 years.
Strong rec sweetheart · 2021-06 · on “Animal testing is exploitative and largely ineffective”
Because it involves causing extreme suffering, and we definitively do not need to do it to live long healthy lives. Literally just watch Dominion. Watch it to see the suffering I’m talking about. Why do you think animals deserve this so that you can eat a meal? Is that agony they exist in for their whole life worth a hamburger, or a piece of cheese? Vegans say no. [this video]
Strong rec atweiden · 2022-03 · on “1 in 10 Americans say they don’t eat meat – a growing share of the population”
Farming is a way for folks who work with their hands to achieve some degree of self-sovereignty and freedom — laudable goals. Unfortunately, this is often accomplished through gross ethical violations. All we can do is educate consumers about the benefits of a whole food plant-based (WFPB) diet. I challenge anyone to watch both The Dominion [1] and Forks Over Knives [2], and not walk away from the experience at least semi-curious about WFPB. [1]: [this video] [2]: [LINK]
Strong rec gday2020 · 2022-09 · on “Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?”
Dominion: [this video] It’s about the cruelty that happens in the animal industry. Minks, dogs, gooses, cows, pigs, horses, camels and a lot more. Watching that has changed my life quite a bit.
Strong rec f3b5 · 2023-01 · on “Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?”
Not waking up earlier to the fact that the meat section in the supermarket is a product of systemic, gruesome torture of intelligent beings. Like probably many of you who read this, I usually felt a bit guilty when I was confronted with the ugly facts we are all vaguely familiar with. I justified my meat consumption with specieist arguments (humans are so much better than pigs, cows, etc). My wife challenged me to watch at least a little bit of a documentary, and if I still wanted to eat salami, so be it. Afterwards I didn't want to eat salami anymore. I now think that the extreme abuse of animals by the food industry on behalf of ignorant consumers is probably the worst evil of the 21st cen
Strong rec socraticmethod · 2023-03 · on “GOOD Meat gets green light from FDA for cultivated meat”
That's not the full definition of murder. Here's the rest: - 1: to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice - 2: to slaughter wantonly : SLAY - 3a: to put an end to - 3b: TEASE, TORMENT - 3c: MUTILATE, MANGLE [this video] Watch Dominion and tell us these animals are not being mutilated, mangled, tormented, slaughtered and murdered. Animals do not want to die. The will ALL naturally cry, scream, run, fight and generally do anything possible to avoid getting killed. Killing them is murder. Discrimination or unjustified treatment of animals based on an individual's species membership is called Speciesism. The belief that humans alone possess intrinsic value or are the central ent
Recommends pantalaimon · 2019-03 · on “CowToilet, a Toilet for Cows”
It's not about how the animals look when they are dead. It's about what they have to endure while they are alive. [this video]