At times it’s easier to believe the patriarchy is sadistic than to believe it’s unreliable
Capricious tyrants are worse than consistent tyrants
The dance of death is that the Man would *also* rather be thought sadistic than incompetent.
For example, Kevin McCarthy fucked up so intensely by enabling and goading Trump and then helping embolden 1/6.

But rather than say *that* to the capital police, he behaves like a cold inhumane monster.
Which is how patriarchy hurts everyone. It would be a new day when someone hurt came to a man in power and said: “Why didn’t you protect me?!”

And the Man cd answer: “Because I’m not very good at a lot of things.”

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