“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
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“It is not American Jews who have betrayed their Israeli cousins. It is the Netanyahu-led Israeli government that has betrayed Jews outside Israel, by aligning itself with nationalist parties in countries like Poland and Hungary, who are hostile to the ideals that make it possible for Jews in the diaspora to live free of persecution.”
― The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America
― The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America
“You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.”
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“Their cruelty made them feel good, it made them feel proud, it made them feel happy. And it made them feel closer to one another…Their shared laughter at the suffering of others is an adhesive that binds them to one another, and to Trump.”
― The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America
― The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America
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