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From the perspective of the selfish gene the only objective is to promote itself through a replicator into yet another generation of hosts. Mint, pepper, tulips, sheep, etc. have done a wonderful job finding another species that puts a lot of effort into ensuring that a whole bunch of new mint, pepper, etc. survives and replicates.
The closest wild relative of chickens, some kind of Asian forest fowl have about 300 000 of them, while there are nearly 20 billion chickens with a b.
I mean, the individuals are not having a great time, but the genes are winning.