Well they also enslave their pokemon, primarily to fight each other to unconsciousness for their masters’ entertainment. In fact, gambling winnings from these fights is how the main protagonists in the games are able to make money. It’s prevalent and profitable enough that pokemon trafficking is the main enterprise of several organized crime organizations. All this is despite the fact that there are several examples of pokemon learning to speak and otherwise having an intelligence comparable to humans. Basically, it does not do well in the veil of ignorance test and only seems idyllic if you know you will be at the top of the hierarchy.
I think you’ve focused on the extraordinary conditions of the protagonists, and ignored the features of the world for normal people.
Most people do not battle their pokémon regularly.
Pokémon are partners, not slaves - and the people who treat their pokémon as objects are consistently bad and harmful of society. And you’ll note that this is an area that villainous teams focus on.
There is a lack of poverty, healthcare is free, education is free, and there isn’t hunger or homelessness.
Society works to support each other without the profit motive. Except for those who push into competitive battling, and criminals.
Ah, to live in the non-capitalist, non-comoddified pokémon society where most things are done for social good rather than self gain.
Well they also enslave their pokemon, primarily to fight each other to unconsciousness for their masters’ entertainment. In fact, gambling winnings from these fights is how the main protagonists in the games are able to make money. It’s prevalent and profitable enough that pokemon trafficking is the main enterprise of several organized crime organizations. All this is despite the fact that there are several examples of pokemon learning to speak and otherwise having an intelligence comparable to humans. Basically, it does not do well in the veil of ignorance test and only seems idyllic if you know you will be at the top of the hierarchy.
I think you’ve focused on the extraordinary conditions of the protagonists, and ignored the features of the world for normal people.
Most people do not battle their pokémon regularly.
Pokémon are partners, not slaves - and the people who treat their pokémon as objects are consistently bad and harmful of society. And you’ll note that this is an area that villainous teams focus on.
There is a lack of poverty, healthcare is free, education is free, and there isn’t hunger or homelessness.
Society works to support each other without the profit motive. Except for those who push into competitive battling, and criminals.