Nowbatterychickens. Thisisanindustryjargonmeaningchickensareraisedinthesamewayandenmasse.
BatteryrefersnottheAAbatteriesyouinsertinyourdigitalcameratogiveitelectricitybutsuggestsmanyofthesamethings. Abatteryofsoldiers, forexample, referstoagroupofsoldierswearingthesameuniform.
Foranotherexample, you’veraisedthreequestionsfromreadingonearticle, that’sabatteryofquestionsrightthere.
Anyways, batterychickensareraisedinthesmallcagesyouseeinanymodernchickenfarm. Thecagesareindeedcalledbatterycagesbecausetheyareofthesamesmalluniformsize, sosmallthatthechickenswithincanbarelyshiftround. Indeedthisstyleoffarmingiscalledbatteryfarmingaimedatmakingmostefficientuseoflimitedspacetoensurethegreatestprofitmargins.
Profitmargins, ofallthings.
Now, theinterestingpart, whichyoudidn’taskbutyoucouldhave. “Likebatterychickens, theoddsurpriseisgoodforthem.” Whatdoesthatmean?
Itmeanschangeisgood. Ifyouleadamonotonousprisonlifesuchasthatofthebatterychickens, you’dloveachangeofsceneanytime. Orifyouareaprisoner, politicalorcriminal, youwouldlovetostepoutsidethecell, walkintheyardjustforanoccasionalbreathoffreshair.
Myapologies, bytheway, forcomparingthebatterychickenstohumanprisoners. Myapologiesaretothechickens, ofcourse. Humanprisonerswhenthey’rejailedcanusuallybefaultedforsomewrongdoing. Evenpoliticalprisonershavefaults, too, attheveryleastfornothavingknownbetter. Butthechickensareinnocentthroughandthroughandtheirsmallcagesspeakvolumesaboutcapitalismandhumangreedingeneral.