Mac Scotty McGregor Most people don’t wake up and decide to become cruel. They get there one small choice at a time. What worries me most about the world right now isn’t the loud, obvious acts of violence—though those matter deeply. It’s the subtle drift I see in everyday life: the ease with which people slide into dehumanizing one another, normalizing cruelty, and treating compassion as optional. It rarely happens in dramatic, headline-worthy moments. It happens in the tiny