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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

If it was greed, they wouldn't be so incredibly happy to waste money on shit that supports their ideology. The cruelty is the point, not greed

[–] O4PetesSake@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And the point of cruelty is to extract protection money, every time.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago

Or to "teach a lesson" to everyone else.... Greed and cruelty go hand in hand.