#cruelty — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

There is also this: when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are also rid of personal responsibility. There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgement. When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. Herein undoubtedly lies part of the attractiveness of a mass movement.

Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 77 (3.14.77) (1951)

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/16/mice-part-human-brains-research. These #researchers will doubtless argue that the #ends #justify the means, when they NEVER do so. Nothing can justify the #animal #cruelty entailed here, nor the arrogant #assumption that #humans have the "right" to do as they wish with non-human #animals or any other part of #nature. They DON'T, & it is that #hubris that has led us to the #crisis - or rather, the #polycrises - we're in.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/16/mice-part-human-brains-research. These #researchers will doubtless argue that the #ends #justify the means, when they NEVER do so. Nothing can justify the #animal #cruelty entailed here, nor the arrogant #assumption that #humans have the "right" to do as they wish with non-human #animals or any other part of #nature. They DON'T, & it is that #hubris that has led us to the #crisis - or rather, the #polycrises - we're in.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/16/mice-part-human-brains-research. These #researchers will doubtless argue that the #ends #justify the means, when they NEVER do so. Nothing can justify the #animal #cruelty entailed here, nor the arrogant #assumption that #humans have the "right" to do as they wish with non-human #animals or any other part of #nature. They DON'T, & it is that #hubris that has led us to the #crisis - or rather, the #polycrises - we're in.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/16/mice-part-human-brains-research. These #researchers will doubtless argue that the #ends #justify the means, when they NEVER do so. Nothing can justify the #animal #cruelty entailed here, nor the arrogant #assumption that #humans have the "right" to do as they wish with non-human #animals or any other part of #nature. They DON'T, & it is that #hubris that has led us to the #crisis - or rather, the #polycrises - we're in.