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 inspiration.

Philip Hallie’s “From Cruelty to Goodness” does a great job talking about this. It never ceases to amaze me how true this inclination tends to be:

Halle defines “institutional cruelty” as a persistent pattern of humiliation that endures for years in a community, but the victimizer and the victim find ways to downplay the harm that is being done. Both the victim and the victimizer justify cruel actions based on what they have been led to believe is “actual” inferiority. Halle argues that cruelty is created by an imbalance of power, or hierarchy. According to his view, the opposite of institutionalized cruelty is freedom from the cruel relationship, not just kindness.