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Was the cruelty the point?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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I Think It's a Trump Arrow, but I Think It Is a Bit Mechanistic

I think in some ways, relying on human nature itself to be different is pessimistic. Andit just leaves me feeling like there's not alot hope. See, i feel the opposite, because it means that people will make rational decisions based on their circumstances. And so if you change the circumstances, then their behaviour will also change. So my approach in the trump arrow was to be as analigial as possible. I saw my job as setting down a record that would persist beyond this fog of war that emerged every time trump said something and everybody would start arguing with each other about it.

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