I’d say that what is really cruel is a society—a capitalist one, for instance—that not only is cruel in itself but forces man to be cruel. Socialism is just the opposite. By definition, it expresses confidence and faith in man, in solidarity among men and in the brotherhood of man—not selfishness, ambition, competition or struggle. I believe that cruelty is born of selfishness, ambition, inequality, injustice, competition and struggle among men.
