Esteva - Planet of the Apes

       In Planet of the Apes Tim Burton's plays with many dualities as the film develops. One of the various dualities is the issue of civil liberties versus slavery. In what Captain Leo Davidson and the rest of us consider the "normal" world, humans are at the top of the chain. Because humans have this position and are the only beings able to reason we often consider our specie superior to every other that exists on earth, which often leads to our specie deciding what is best for other species and how they ought to live. Nevertheless, when Captain Leo Davidson goes after his chimp in outer space he ends up going through some kind of black hole and finds himself in an alternate reality.
     In this new parallel world where the main character winds up, the roles between monkeys, or as the call themselves "Apes," and humans is completely inverted. Monkeys are the most superior beings in the world, the ones at the top of the chain. Humans are somewhat like apes are in the "normal" world, they are considered less intelligent than apes and are treated in a disrespectful manner. At some extent it could be called racism.
      Humans are second class citizens and are Apes' slaves. This type of society could be compared to the ancient societies where people had slaves of what were considered inferior ethnicities. As in the ancient societies in this Apes' world the slaves were categorized depending on the work they were assigned to do and their price changed depending on the former. Furthermore, like the slaves in ancient societies, humans preferred to remain unnoticed by the Apes, hiding in the jungle doing their best to not get the attention in any way of the "superior" specie.
      Watching this movie at first I was completely amazed by how horribly the Apes treated the humans. But as the film developed I realized that we, humans, the supposedly most intelligent beings on earth have treated Apes and many more animals in similar or even worst manner. This makes me think if it is fair that the rest of the living beings that share the planet with us are obligated to respond and follow every choice we make for them. Are they not being treated as the humans in Tim Burton's movie?