• machiabelly [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I learned the phrase, "the cruelty is the point" from r/cth and I use it all the time talking about politics IRL. Oftentimes decent people struggle to believe the facts that I tell them, they don't understand why something inefficient and hurtful would be protected. The cruelty is the point.

  • CommunistBear [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Small bit of context: in the story he was talking to a guy who worked on wall street.

  • ennuid [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This exact line of reasoning was the final nail in the coffin if liberalism for me.

    Someone has to clean the fucking toilets, and they deserve a good life too