You nailed the core of it, but I’ll address one of the methods of implementation -
perhaps the socially inculcated attitude of “they’re just evolved apes, nothing more” could have something to do with the devaluing of human life?
“perhaps the socially inculcated attitude of theyre just evolved apes, nothing more could have something to do with the devaluing of human life?”
No ape would sell their baby as a sex object for extra bananas.