Comment by throwaway03445

I'm not a native speaker, and I see that I may have been unclear.

I was thinking of the human consequences. In my language they are almost synonyms.

They of course care about the outcome, but not the effect it has on the target group

It's strange how one can normalize cruelty. Just think of how prison rapes are joked about in media and movies, as if it is an accepted consequence of committing a crime. It is a cruel and evil act that many choose to simply ignore because it is so common