an individual might be curious or naive but is unlikely to be cruel or destructive. that's group behavior. cruelty is a type of social performance. https://twitter.com/makoalama/status/1131927582625161217 …
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the point of cruelty is often not to make the victim suffer. in this case, the victim is a machine and cannot suffer in any way that we might empathize with (with apologies to robot friend
@eigenrobot). the cruelty is done only for social reasons, to impress other children.2 replies 0 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
what is being demonstrated here? power? boldness? novel forms of play? what is running through the unconscious mind of a child who engages in performance of social cruelty?
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