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# A saying on how any population divides into the cruel, the merciful and the persuadable
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-2005-godu-kurt-vonnegut-napisal-chto-siuzen-sontag-otvechaia-na-vopros-o-kholokoste-skazala-sleduiushchee/
- Published: 2026-01-18T09:33:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:41:13.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Observations, Society

In 2005, Kurt Vonnegut wrote that Susan Sontag, when asked about the Holocaust, said the following:.

> 10% of any population are cruel, whatever the circumstances, and 10% are merciful, whatever the circumstances, and the remaining 80% can be swayed in either direction.

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