most people think of cruelty as an individual problem. And it is that, but what I'm focused on in the book is cruelty as a part of American politics,… - Adam Serwer

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most people think of cruelty as an individual problem. And it is that, but what I'm focused on in the book is cruelty as a part of American politics, specifically the way that it is used to demonize certain groups so you can justify denying people their basic rights under the Constitution and exclude them from the political process, which is substantially what the Trump project was about, both as a means to power and also as a policy agenda.