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[โ€“] [email protected] 65 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Totally wouldn't work. We Americans believe in a brotherhood/sisterhood of suffering. If we suffered, we believe that others NEED to suffer as well. It's why nurses are terrible to new nurses, why so many people are against forgiving student debt, and why so many parents refuse to acknowledge their children's issues. It's all "I lived through it and it sucked, so you need to too," mentality. We didn't build compassion though suffering, we just wish it on others, too.

[โ€“] Naz 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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"May all prayers go unanswered as the vast majority wish harm upon another human being."

(The paradox of the most religious societies simultaneously being the most cruel in practice)

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