Comment by somat

I always thought the euphemism "pig butchering" referred specifically to the case where a government kills a company via persecution in order to gain the wealth contained within. sort of in the sense "you let your pigs(private industary) get fat and wealthy. and when times get tough, you can butcher(fines, taxes, regulation and persecution) one of them to eat well for a while." usually seen in the context of chineese companys