The overbearing taskmaster --- the age-old tormentor of man

   The age-old burden of mankind:  the cruel overseer, the 
   overbearing taskmaster, the abusive boss.  Man has suffered and 
   been kicked around and abused by mean and cruel men from time 
   immemorial.  The badness and cruelty of man to his fellow man 
   is a long-standing harsh fact of cold Reality.  It was a harsh, 
   ugly fact of life in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and it is a 
   harsh, ugly fact of life in modern America.  When bad men gain 
   power over others their badness, harshness and cruelty comes 
   out and exhibits itself.  The Prince of Evil rules this world 
   and he uses the cruel, hard taskmaster to accomplish his own 
   ends.  He uses cruelty and abuse to make people angry, bitter 
   and resentful.  Through it he fills them with hatred and 
   malice.  He twists and distorts their hearts and minds and 
   makes them blaspheme God.  Thus he uses cruelty and meanness as 
   a tool to win their souls to himself.