Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Quote_of_the_day/October_15%2C_2026
You can't fool me, that's either Fred Gwynne
or the lawyer
from Nathan for You in the episode where he tries to have people sue a haunted house for being too scary.