Awful. Makes me actually mad, even though it doesn't affect me directly. This system needs to die. I remember the Le Guin story about the one child being tortured for the sake of the a city's happiness, but obviously we already have , so ig we are at the point of optimizing child mistreatment for and 's treats

I wish I could just do that for its own sake. I don't even wanna set foot into a Laypeople's theatre troupe by now anymore, bc even there it's about one-upping and social prestige (not generally, I just live in a structurally fucked place)