I just can’t understand why people don’t care about animals

It’s just wild to me that people don’t care and think it’s justified to torture and kill animals just because I like the taste. It’s just baffling. Like even if u don’t like animals surely u should be able to see why they should not be killed and treated the way they are. I just can’t understand it. Like some people will just die on the hill that it’s justified “because they aren’t people” I’d understand it a bit more even if most people who do eat meat just said that it’s wrong but they just aren’t in the place to give up meat bcs of convenience but the lengths people will go to to try justify how they think animals are lesser. It actually makes me so miserable but also just so confused because I just can’t understand that kind of thinking. Honestly people just say the wildest things, I don’t even know if they understand what they are saying too.