One way to measure people, or humanity, is how well we treat weaker, more vulnerable life. In this regard, we fall depressingly short.
Industrialization of the farming industry has helped alleviate hunger and malnutrition, bringing meat to people who formerly couldn't afford it. But the awful, and I mean awful conditions we put the animals in is terrible. Out of sight out of mind. That same person who could never hurt or kill an animal will wolf down a slab of pork chops, no problem, as long as they don't see what the animal went through.
I think Blonde is right about focusing on humanity, not first, but the most. The weakest among us -- the poor, the destitute, the refugees, the people who go hungry every day -- most of our resources should go to helping them. But it wouldn't take much to clean up industrial farms. The problem is people want cheap meat, and they want it for every meal. The market found a demand and then figured out a way to supply for it at the most profitable, efficient way possible. They prey on our gluttony.
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